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Lady in the Dark
On the surface, Liza Elliot is a happy career woman and the editor of a well-known fashion magazine....
Lazarus
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, Lazarus centers around Thomas Newto...
The Liar
In Pierre Corneille’s frothy yet biting comedy of light hearts and lighter words, trouble arrives in...
La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
Following the myths of the knight Ruggiero from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, this opera is set on and...
A Lie of the Mind
Beth has been violently beaten - to the point of brain damage - by her overly jealous husband, Jake....
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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Lohengrin
When King Heinrich of Saxony arrives at Brabant castle, Telramund and his wife, the pagan princess O...
Lysistrata
Lysistrata is one of the earliest theatrical depictions of the battle of the sexes. In the male-domi...
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...
Metropolis
Part gothic horror story, part science fiction romance, Metropolis presents a grim view of a futuris...
