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2009 Stories by Deborah Klugman

• The Princess and the Frog

  published December 24, 2009

  Geared to the 7-and-under set, this good-natured interactive musical exudes appeal beyond its demographic. Inspired by a German folktale, writers... More >>

• Black Leather

  published December 3, 2009

  Krapplethorpe — an unmistakable twist on Mapplethorpe — is a brazen narcissist. Manic when he’s coked up, marginally less so when... More >>

• Black Leather

  published December 3, 2009

  Krapplethorpe — an unmistakable twist on Mapplethorpe — is a brazen narcissist. Manic when he’s coked up, marginally less so when... More >>

• La Ronde de Lunch

  published November 26, 2009

  Peter Lefcourt’s amusing Hollywood farce transpires at lunchtime in “the most pretentious restaurant” in town, where everyone meets... More >>

• The End of Civilization

  published October 29, 2009

  The play doesn't entail an-end-of-the-world holocaust, though it might feel that way to Harry (Eric Curtis Johnson) and Lily (Jaime Andrews), the... More >>

• Mother

  published October 1, 2009

  Writer-performer Mary-Beth Manning’s mother, Joan, was a loving, mercurial and idiosyncratic woman, whose rapid mood changes sometimes... More >>

• Friends Like These

  published September 17, 2009

  Playwright Gregory Crafts' drama is billed as a show about teen violence, conjuring up images of gangs with guns or distraught loners firing... More >>

• BIG BRO/Lil Bro

  published July 30, 2009

  In playwright Jonathan Ceniceroz’s torn-between-two-lovers potboiler, a wannabe actor named Carlos (Vince Tula) leaves his mature and ailing... More >>

• Kill Me Deadly

  published July 16, 2009

  Few literary figures seem as blatantly ripe for satire as the gumshoe detective. Playwright Bill Robens ably answers the call, with an... More >>

• Coming Home

  published June 25, 2009

  A sequel to his 1995 post-apartheid play Valley Song, Athol Fugard’s latest work, Coming Home, tells of the decimation of one... More >>

• East of Berlin

  published June 18, 2009

  Inspired by real-life stories (from writers Peter Sichrovsky's "Born Guilty" and Dan Bar-On's "Legacy of Silence: Children of the Third Reich"),... More >>

• Cymbeline

  published June 11, 2009

  What might Shakespeare have written if he'd been asked by some 17th-century counterpart of a TV producer to come up with something quick, hot and... More >>

• Eve's Rapture

  published May 28, 2009

  The fall of Adam and Eve has furnished raw material for countless works of art but one rarely as fantastical as Bryan Reynolds' unpredictable... More >>

• Ten to Life

  published May 21, 2009

  Leave logic at the door and you'll get your full quota of laughs from this quartet of one-acts, each of which blends sci-fi, sex and absurdity in... More >>

• The Columbine Project

  published May 7, 2009

  Marking its 10th anniversary, writer-director Paul Storiale's involving play explores the personalities and circumstances surrounding the... More >>

• Misalliance

  published April 9, 2009

  Be warned that G.B. Shaw's wordy comedy of manners lopes along for almost the entire first act before finally taking off. And then it really... More >>

• Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light

  published March 19, 2009

  Native American poet and musician Joy Harjo is a woman who communes with spirits, and in this music-embellished piece, she opines about struggle,... More >>

• The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

  published February 26, 2009

  In May 1968, Father Daniel Berrigan (Andrew E. Wheeler ) and eight other peace activists seized 378 draft documents and publicly burned them with... More >>

• Violet Sharp

  published February 12, 2009

  The world-famous Charles Lindbergh kidnapping case spawned a web of mystery. One person to become haplessly entangled in the tragedy was Violet... More >>

• DAI (enough)

  published February 5, 2009

  In her one-woman show, gifted writer and solo performer Iris Bahr poignantly illustrates how infinitesimally fragile the line is between life and... More >>

• Mammals

  published January 22, 2009

  Persuasive performances under John Pleshette's skillful direction lend humor and heft to this dark comedy by first-time British playwright Amelia... More >>

• Far From an Angel's Gaze

  published January 15, 2009

  Set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, writer-director Jude Anchang's heavyweight drama highlights the plight of innocent victims in Central... More >>