Equating capitalism with prostitution is an old gambit, but one that gets sharp, fresh play in Steven Soderbergh's 'The Girlfriend Experience'. Set (and shot) in New York City in the last part of 2008 the film is a sardonic meditation on getting and spending.
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For its musicianship, this show is worth a visit. Writer-performer Jason Petty sings Hank Williams classics, plus covers of other gods of country music, backed by a four-man band of superb musicians.
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Now in its 10th and final year, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble has never been afraid of taking chances. In the company's latest outing, four playwrights find interesting ways to take us to extremes in individual works that make terrific use of an impressive pool of talent.
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Marry Me a Little and The Last Five Years
It's easy to see why East West, known for its Stephen Sondheim revivals, paired his one-act comprising songs that were cut from various shows, with Jason Robert Brown's second major work.
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Pay Attention: ADHD in Hollywood, on the Rocks with a Twist
Playwright Frank South's engrossing autobiographical solo show explores that unexpectedly shifting border that lies between the twin no man's lands of genius and madness.
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Hugh Whitemore's fascinating play about Alan Turing, offers actors and director Robert Mammana a rich environment for plumbing the emotional depths of characters whose complexities are beautifully written.
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Cross 'They're Playing Our Song' with 'Will & Grace' and stir in hip seriocomic undercurrents oozing with up-to-the-minute relevance. The result is Mark Saltzman's deliriously funny and surprisingly touching world-premiere play.
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Edwin Sanchez's play is set on NYC's 42nd Street in 1992, before it became sterile, overcrowded, and Disneyfied. The central figure is a cocky volatile Puerto Rican street hustler named Papo (Ramon Camacho).
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Writer-director-choreographer Austin McCormick likes his opulence. With 'Le Serpent Rouge', he delivers a wildly flamboyant take on the Biblical story of Adam and Eve. Presiding over the action is a voluptuous Ringmistress (Gioia Marchese) who looks like she might have stepped out of Baz Luhrmann's 'Moulin Rouge'.
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The Geographical History of America
Lindsey Hope Pearlman and Randi Rivera's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's 1936 novel is, well, novel. (The full title of the source material is 'The Geographical History of America or the Relation of Human Nature to the Human Mind'.)
