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'It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' Has Emotional Potency

“It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” Anthony E. Palermo’s 60-minute re-imagining of Frank Capra’s classic 1946 film, at the Irish Repertory Theatre, is a holiday keeper.

Bold 'Mies Julie' Sets Strindberg in South Africa

The insidious residue of apartheid turns up the heat in Yael Farber’s adaptation at St. Ann’s Warehouse of August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie,” relocated to present-day South Africa.

August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ Remains a Masterpiece in Revival

Signature Theatre’s revival of August Wilson’s masterpiece succeeds as a probing play about a family, a ghost story, and an exorcism of the American soul.

Playwrights Tommy Smith and Lucy Thurber on Using Readings to Find Actors

Smith will present “Zero” on Feb. 6 and 7 and Lucy Thurber will present “The Locus” on Feb. 20 and 21. All readings will be held at the Bank Street Theater.

Anachronistic 'Isaac's Eye' Has Blurry Vision

In the overstuffed “Isaac’s Eye,” at Ensemble Studio Theatre, playwright Lucas Hnath depicts a 1665 clash between scientists Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke in clichéd modern speech.

Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!

With “Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!,” creator, writer, and co-director Gerard Alessandrini returns after a three-year sabbatical sharper and funnier than ever.

L.A. May Be Getting More Theater

L.A.'s Theatre West turns to fundraising to increase the number of productions in its season.

Ed Begley Jr. Is Miscast in David Mamet's 'November'

Center Theatre Group’s production of “November,” David Mamet’s 2007 political satire, is awfully harmless. Felicity Huffman shines, but Ed Begley Jr. lacks the needed manic danger.

‘The Revisionist’ Is a Potent Consideration of the Nature of Family

Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg make a terrific team in “The Revisionist,” produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at the intimate, historic Cherry Lane Theatre.

'Wolves' Never Makes It From Low Growl to Full-On Howl

Steve Yockey’s “Wolves,” at Celebration Theatre, promises thrills and chills and lots of blood but leaves you wondering in more ways than one who is going to clean up the mess.