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2011 Stories by Deborah Klugman

• Peace in Our Time

  published November 3, 2011

  Noel Coward wore many hats: playwright, actor, songwriter, witty man about town. He also was a dedicated patriot who served in the British secret... More >>

• The Leopard

  published September 22, 2011

  Ernest Hemingway remains an icon in American literature and culture — at least as famous for his machismo exploits and brash lifestyle as for... More >>

• Chekhov UnScripted

  published September 22, 2011

  You don't have to be a Chekhov aficionado to appreciate this entertaining and clever mock-up of his art. Directed by Dan O'Connor, the evening's... More >>

• Hermetically Sealed

  published September 22, 2011

  "Hermetically Sealed" refers to the secret festering at the heart of this layered family drama — one that isn't uncovered until near the very... More >>

• The Stories of Isaac Leib Peretz

  published September 8, 2011

  A cynic tracks the whereabouts of an elusive rabbi who disappears from the community during a period of Jewish penitence and prayer. A poor... More >>

• What's Wrong With Angry?

  published September 8, 2011

  In 1993, when this play was first produced, the British age of consent for same-sex activity was 21 (16 for straight people) and speaking... More >>

• Dancing at Lughnasa

  published August 25, 2011

  Irish playwright Brian Friel admires and has adapted plays by Anton Chekhov. And like so many gentle comedies by the Russian master, Friel's... More >>

• To The New Girl From the Former Mrs._____: Sound Advice for My Husband's Wife or Mistress

  published August 18, 2011

  The trophy wife (Niki Nowak) of a prominent televangelist considers divorcing and/or exposing her husband for his affair with a gay man. A spoiled... More >>

• Romeo and Juliet: Monsters in Love

  published August 11, 2011

  This family-friendly spectacle transforms Shakespeare's tragedy about lovers into a musical romp in which slapstick prevails and the doleful... More >>

• The Malcontent

  published May 12, 2011

  Malevole (Bo Foxworth), the scruffy misanthrope at the nub of John Marston's 17th-century satire, is the proud possessor of a scathing tongue. A... More >>

• The Prisoner of Second Avenue

  published April 28, 2011

  In a poignant and peerless performance, Jason Alexander wrests timeless relevance from Neil Simon's 1971 period comedy. Middle-aged Mel... More >>

• I Never Sang for My Father

  published April 21, 2011

  If the aim of naturalism in theater is the pitch-perfect rendering of reality, then Cameron Watson's urbane staging of Robert Anderson's 1968... More >>

• The Adventures of Pinocchio

  published March 3, 2011

  Like the 1883 Italian novel from which it's adapted, Lee Hall's play about a willful marionette is not a sunny tale. Skillfully staged by director... More >>

• Alceste

  published February 17, 2011

  Euripides' version of a Greek myth serves as ground zero for playwright B. Walker Sampson's surreal comedy about the otherworldly journey of two... More >>