Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming events to mark your calendar for. I’m glad the folks at American Stage love British comedy as much as I do. Next Sunday, they’ll host a lecture on their next major production, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit (which opens Jan. 20), discussing the history of the play and director Dan Lombardo’s process and design choices, with a director Q&A following the lecture.
A tongue-in-cheek comedy classic, Blithe Spirit tells the story of a novelist who invites a medium into his house hoping to gather new material. In typical British style, everything goes hilariously awry when
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