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Shakespeare in Love
We all know William Shakespeare as a brilliant, imaginative, funny, trendsetting playwright whose wo...
The Theory of Relativity
The Theory of Relativity is a collection of seemingly unrelated songs, scenes, and monologues that c...
Things I Know to be True
Bob and Fran Price have four adult children: Pip, Mark, Ben, and Rosie. Each child has his or her ow...
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a biting satire of the post-war rise of capitalism, wrapped up in Weill's ja...
After the Revolution
Emma Joseph, a bright, hard-working, recent law school graduate descended from a long line of Marxis...
Bang Bang You're Dead
Bang Bang You’re Dead is a visceral examination of the culture that can breed violence in contempora...
The Boys in the Band
Emory, Larry, Hank, Bernard, and Donald all gather at Michael’s apartment to celebrate their friend,...
Bye Bye Birdie - Young Performers Edition
The year is 1958, and the much-adored rock-and-roll idol -- Conrad Birdie -- has been drafted into t...
Carnival
Lili, a lonely orphan, is enchanted with a traveling carnival troupe. She finally gets to join the...
Charlotte's Web
As the sun rises on the Arable’s farm, Fern Arable discovers that her father is planning on killing...
The Civil War
The Civil War uses letters, diaries, historical documents and Walt Whitman's poetry to explore a def...
Dames at Sea
When talented young hopeful Ruby arrives in New York City with nothing but a pair of tap shoes in he...