One might fear that the audacious title of Joe DiPietro's 2008 seriocomedy suggests the play is geared more toward box office muscle than toward pure artistry.
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Very little makes cranky critics happier than suddenly, mid-play, remembering we are watching acting and not the real thing.
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Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas
Theatergoers will likely leave Blair Singer's debuting comedy feeling that they've never seen anything quite like this Matthew Modine star vehicle before.
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"August: Osage County" represents a quantum leap for Tracy Letts, who came into prominence with his poor-white-trash potboiler "Killer Joe" and the psychological thriller "Bug."
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Though Charles Randolph-Wright's 2008 play centers on a frequently explored theme, the tragedy is softened by a bittersweet tone and the lyrical beauty.
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Sometimes the truth about ourselves, as well as a genuine emotional connection, emerges from the most unlikely set of circumstances.
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The idea that parents might sign up their newborns for their alma maters at birth is absurd enough on its face.
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St. Joan and the Dancing Sickness
Somewhere in rural Louisiana in 1999, a community is forced to face up to the cruelty and corruption of its state government.
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If we'd never tried to move culture along, we'd still be living in caves. All trying is worth the effort. But not all trying leads to the optimal results.
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Cody Goulder's play is a slow-moving slice-of-life set in a shabby bar in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
