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Beetlejuice at The Orpheum Theater

Review
Beetlejuice is based on the 1988 Tim Burton film of the same name, it’s a film I’d seen a couple of times but not in a long time. On a rewatch in prep for this touring production, I was surprised at how little the character of Betelgeuse is actually in the movie. That is something this Musical adaptation or
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"The Chinese Lady" at Open Eye Theatre

Review
If Open Eye Theatre's production of the new play The Chinese Lady is any indication, 2023-2024 is going to be a stellar season of #TCTheater. Written by Lloyd Suh, whose play Bina's Six Apples was seen at the Children's Theater last year, The Chinese Lady is a fictionalized account of the first Chinese woman
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"Naive. Super" at Norway House

Review
Last night I saw a play that was unlike anything I've ever seen before. That's an unusual occurrence for someone who's been writing about theater for 13 years. #TCTheater artist Kurt Engh's adaptation of the 1996 Norwegian novel Naive. Super is unique not just in the fact that it's a solo play in which a
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Village Wooing From the Orchard Theater Collective Had Me Swooning

Review
Generally when we talk about great acting we think of dramatic roles, something that requires a lot of emotions and an intensity that’s palpable in the back row of the theater. Well, Village Wooing is the exact opposite of that and it contains two of the best performances I’ve seen all year, maybe ever. When
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