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Enter the Guardsman
The Olivier-nominated Enter the Guardsman, is a lyrical, delicate, and altogether delicious backst...
The Fairy-Queen
Taking as its starting point, Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen uses some of the original story to further...
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is set in Northern Ireland in 1981, during the height of the Troubles. Quinn, a former...
Fidelio
As Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio has delighted audiences for centuries with its themes of justice,...
La fille du régiment
Marie, the adopted daughter of the 21st Regiment of the French army, has fallen in love with a young...
The Great Gatsby
In the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner and World War I veteran, arrives in New Y...
Gruesome Playground Injuries
It’s not your typical love story: Doug and Kayleen meet at the nurse’s office in their elementary sc...
How I Learned to Drive
Paula Vogel’s groundbreaking and controversial play How I Learned to Drive tells the story of a youn...
I Do! I Do!
The story follows newly weds Michael and Agnes starting on their wedding day and explores their life...
Intimate Apparel
New York circa 1905 is a time and place where rigid social divides along the lines of race, religion...
The Lion in Winter
Betrayal, treachery, and a knife fight: it’s just another normal Christmas celebration for the royal...
Little Women
The March sisters are as close as sisters can be, but as they grow up, their relationships begin to...