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To Kill A Mockingbird still enlightens
The courtroom scenes shine in Stageworks’ adaptation of a classic.
Mark E. Leib
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Spring Arts 2012: Theater
Seven Guitars, Becky Shaw and more hit Bay area stages this spring.
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The 39 Steps: Driven to excess
A stage version of a Hitchcock thriller is over the top and finally way too much.
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The sins and virtues of Seven Deadly Plays
Confessions of mixed feelings about the latest of Stephen Riordan’s play series.
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The Top 10s of 2011: The good, the bad, the ugly
CL looks back at the year that was.
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freeFall’s musical Christmas Carol
The tuneful classic uplifts without the shadows of Dickensian darkness.
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Signs of Intelligent Life… a one-woman showcase at Gorilla
A show made famous by Lily Tomlin might be better with only one act.
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And so to bed
Two fine actors, 10 hookups, on-stage nudity … so why is Blue Room a bit of a snooze?
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Raw talent
From a savage Puck to a naked Marquis, actor Giles Davies has quickly established himself as one of Tampa Bay’s best.
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Double your pleasure at freeFall’s Comedy of Errors
The company scores again with Shakespeare, this time with two pairs of twins.
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Feedback: Quills, Meinke and more …
The best from this week’s pile of mail.
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Marquis attraction
Fine performances highlight Jobsite’s take on the unsatisfying Quills.
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Capable of anything
An extraordinary cast in a superb slugfest of an American play. Go!
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Ann Landers at American Stage: Good advice
A beautifully performed one-woman show recalls an era when an advice columnist could shock the world.
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Red Pepper: New play recalls the campaign against FL Sen. Claude Pepper
Anti-Communist scare tactics and the power of big bucks.
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Lark Eden: Among friends
A local playwright’s loving portrayal of three women in a decades-long friendship.
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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Grey Gardens at freeFall
A terrific rendition of a witty musical about the eccentric Bouvier Beales.
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My country, my torturer
Insanity both political and personal in a new theater company’s strong debut.
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Gorilla Theatre needs you
Following the loss of its chief benefactor, Gorilla’s in a financial bind.
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Fall Arts 2011: Theater
What to watch for from local companies this season.