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The Rothschilds
The story concerns the rags-to-riches story of resourceful and ambitious Mayer Rothschild and his fi...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer JR
Based on the hit holiday classic song, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer brings one of the most beloved...
Ruined
Set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined follows M...
The Santaland Diaries
When a down-on-his luck wannabe actor arrives in New York City at the end of the year, the only empl...
Sarafina!
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid. The story is...
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
In The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Aubrey Tanqueray shocks society when he marr...
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Semele
Semele’s father, the King of Thebes, has arranged a marriage for her with Athamas, a Prince of Boeot...
La serva padrona
Considered by many to be the first example of opera buffa, Pergolesi’s short opera La serva padrona...
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
One of Mamet's earliest plays, Sexual Perversity in Chicago follows four acquaintances, two of whom...
The Shadow of a Gunman
The first of Sean O’Casey’s Dublin plays, The Shadow of a Gunman takes place in May of 1920 during t...
The Shape of Things
Neil LaBute is no stranger to the darker side of human nature. In The Shape of Things, that darkness...
Siegfried
In the third installment of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen we meet our hero Siegfried, the son of...