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Shakespeare in Love
We all know William Shakespeare as a brilliant, imaginative, funny, trendsetting playwright whose wo...
Three Sisters
Three Sisters is the third of Anton Chekhov’s four major plays, and maybe the most perfect expressio...
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Whistle Down the Wind
Based on the book of the same title by Mary Hayley Bell, and later produced as a movie in the hands...
A Year with Frog and Toad
Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved children’s books, A Year with Frog and Toad is a whimsical musical t...
‘Night, Mother
On a seemingly normal evening, we meet Thelma Cates , an aging mother and widow who lives with her d...
Alice by Heart
In the midst of the 1941 London Blitz during World War II, teenager Alice Spencer and her best frien...
Arcadia
Called “the greatest play of our age” by The Independent, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia dances back and for...
Biloxi Blues
Part of Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy, Biloxi Blues centers on the experiences of a young army recruit...
Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s tragedy, Coriolanus, starts in Rome, where rioting is taking place over grain stock th...
The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party is the 31st play by Neil Simon. The action revolves around a French dinner party th...
The Gondoliers
The twelfth collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert, The Gondolie...
Henry VI Part 2
At the end of Henry VI Part 1, Suffolk meets Margaret of Anjou and vows to make her Queen of England...
