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'Skin Tight' Shakily Dramatizes Denis Glover's Poem 'The Magpies'

“Skin Tight,” by New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson, at 59E59 Theaters, evinces poetic aspirations in its portrait of a marriage, but lucidity is in short supply.

'A Twist of Water' Is Tangled but Promising

Caitlin Parrish’s “A Twist of Water,” from Chicago-based Route 66 Theatre Company, is a well-played but conventional father-daughter drama that’s also a salute to the Windy City.

‘In the Summer Pavilion’ Imaginatively Peers Into Possible Futures

Paul David Young’s compassionate drama “In the Summer Pavilion” was a highlight of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival and remains a quiet winner at 59E59 Theaters.

The Anderson Twins Play the Fabulous Dorseys

In “The Anderson Twins Play the Fabulous Dorseys,” at 59E59 Theaters, real-life twins Pete and Will Anderson delightfully re-create Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey’s big band music.