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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Paris, 1794. The French Revolution has reached its bloody climax and “Madame Guillotine” is in full...
Smokey Joe's Cafe
The songs of legendary hitmakers Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber come to life in the Rock and Roll mus...
BKLYN the Musical
Brooklyn the Musical is essentially a play within a play. It begins with a group of street singers,...
Cymbeline
One of Shakespeare’s last plays, and one of his few genre-bending romances, Cymbeline contains story...
The Mousetrap
A timeless tale of “whodunnit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers at Monkswell...
Otello
Based on the famous play by Shakespeare, Verdi’s Otello follows the story of the happy couple, Otell...
Red
John Logan’s taut, visceral two-hander, Red, features artist Mark Rothko at the height of his career...
The Winter's Tale
At the opening of The Winter’s Tale, the Sicilian King Leontes and his beloved, pregnant wife, Hermi...
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Into the Woods JR
“Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s...
Jack and the Beanstalk
Taking place in medieval England, the musical makes some wacky additions to the classic childhood st...
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work by Pulitzer-prize w...
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley are thrilled when Sheridan Whiteside, a brilliant, witty, and widely...
