Using flamingos in a Miami park to symbolize society’s malaise, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas’ “Bird in the Hand,” from Fulcrum Theater, though idea heavy, is a witty, often moving show.
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Bennett Windheim’s “Normalcy,” from Theatre East, is a thoughtful, generally well-acted look at the subject of transracial adoption written in the mold of an Ibsen problem play.
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Southland theaters including the Storybook Theatre at Theatre West, Colony Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Latino Theater Company, Eclectic Company Theatre, Open Fist, Theatre of Note, and more are filling their fall rosters.
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Watching My Words Come to Life
Michelle Clunie, star of TV's "Queer as Folk" and "Make It or Break It," on the satisfaction of writing her own work, seeing actors bring her words to life on stage, and performing her own pieces. Clunie's new play, "Us," is now running in New York.
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5 Ways to Promote Your Play or Solo Show Through Facebook
Here are five tips to market yourself using social media, and ensure that you get some of your Facebook followers to come out from behind their computer screens and join the audience at your live shows.
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David Lindsay-Abaire and Naomi Wallace Win 2012 Horton Foote Prize
The 2012 Horton Foote Prize went to the plays "Good People" and "The Liquid Plain," it was announced Sept. 4.
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Staying Fresh and Alive With Theater for One
Ana Margineanu, director of the recent “Hotel Project,” discusses the ways in which performers and spectators feed and replenish one another.
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Actors Tackle Parody and 11 o’clock Numbers in ‘Forbidden Broadway’
Three years after it closed in New York, the long-running Off-Broadway revue “Forbidden Broadway” is making a comeback. The newest edition, which parodies past and present Broadway musicals, opens Sept. 6 for a limited run.
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Playwright and shadow-puppet designer Megan O’Brien’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” from Theatre East, is a charming 45 minutes of theater for all ages.
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Writer-performer Steven Strafford’s “Methtacular!” breaks no new ground in the genre of drug-addiction narratives but still feels fresh and funny, thanks to his charming presence and musical comedy style.
