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Purlie Victorious

Purlie Victorious

Purlie is home on a mission-to buy back his father's church and liberate the sharecroppers he grew up with from the brutal segregationist who still runs their plantation. Purlie Victorious features a madcap plot, survival techniques forged in the Jim Crow South, and satiric targets that feel as urgent as they did when the play premiered in 1961-its 2023 Broadway revival was nominated for six Tony awards. Psalmayene 24 (The.... Read More arrow

How Shakespeare Saved My Life

How Shakespeare Saved My Life

In this tour-de-force performance, Ming-Trent dares to rescue himself from the "slings and arrows" of his past. Born with a gift for poetry but rejected as unfit to play the part of the poet, Ming-Trent's search for home is relentless, and the results are by turns hilarious and tragic..... Read More arrow

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Indecent at 1st Stage Theatre

A Brave Play Survives History in 1st Stage's Indecent

There are stories about art, and then there are stories that become art about why art matters. Paula Vogel's Indecent, now extended through... Read More arrow

Sally & Tom at Round House Theatre

Sally & Tom Brings History's Hardest Questions to Round House Theatre

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, the celebrated author of Topdog/Underdog, delivers a bold, whip-smart theatrical rollercoaster in Sally & Tom, now playing at... Read More arrow

The Roaring Girl presented by Theatre Prometheus at Spooky Action Theater

Theatre Prometheus Roars Into Pride Month With The Roaring Girl

More than four hundred years before anyone coined the phrase, two Jacobean playwrights dreamed up a heroine who shrugged off nearly every rule their society... Read More arrow