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Life of Galileo
Life of Galileo is regarded as one of German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s greatest masterpieces. The...
A Light in the Dark
In an empty blackbox theatre, a ghost light dimly lights the central playing space. Outside, a pande...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A story for the ages, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a riveting play filled with music, lov...
The Little Dog Laughed
Mitchell Green is a Hollywood star on his way to the A-list -- if he can only keep that pesky “recur...
Lohengrin
When King Heinrich of Saxony arrives at Brabant castle, Telramund and his wife, the pagan princess O...
Lookingglass Alice
In Lookingglass Alice, David Caitlin reinterprets Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through th...
Lysistrata
Lysistrata is one of the earliest theatrical depictions of the battle of the sexes. In the male-domi...
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place in a Chicago recording studio where Ma Rainey’s band members, C...
Machinal
Sophie Treadwell, the playwright behind the revolutionary expressionist play Machinal, reminds us in...
Man and Superman
Man and Superman is a massive drama full of both light comedy and deep philosophy, based on Nietzsch...
A Man for all Seasons
Playwright Robert Bolt had a long-standing fascination with the story of Sir Thomas More, an English...
Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland is a magnificent play written entirely in blank verse about the rise and downfall o...