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    Nostalgia and Dreams

    When a relatively new theatre company decides to go out on a limb to support young artists and new work onstage, it's an admirable thing.

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    Fifth of July

    Like Chekhov, Lanford Wilson weighs character more heavily than plot. In a staging that has heart and very few missteps, Phyllis B. Gitlin's cast allows Wilson's text about the Talley family (circa 1977) to unfold at its own natural pace—which is to say, leisurely.

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    The Last Hippie: A Western Novel

    Comedian Robin Williams famously commented that if you remembered the 1960s, you weren't really there.

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    Fubar, or Interesting, Incredible, Amazing, Fantastic

    The title is an acronym, military slang that stands for "fucked up beyond all recognition." It seems an apt title.

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    Jesus Christ Superstar

    The 1973 Broadway premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opus was widely criticized for turning the duo's hip though spiritually reverent concept album into a gaudy circus of Great White Way overkill.

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    The Crocodile Sings

    In his final years, Tennessee Williams made frequent personal appearances during which he talked about his life as a playwright, his plays, and the many celebrities he met because of his work.

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    Tuna Does Vegas

    Joe Sears and Jaston Williams have made careers of writing, performing in, and touring a series of shows that put the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, under the microscope.

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    Pretty Theft

    Allegra (Marnie Schulenburg) has a lot on her plate in the highly theatrical 'Pretty Theft'.

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    Cracked Ice or Jewels of the Forbidden Skates

    Where scientists and holy men have failed, send in the clowns.

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    All Aboard the Marriage Hearse

    Apart from their respective arguments being long-held and unyielding (and therefore tedious to outside observers), both characters demonstrate a credibility problem early in the play.