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What plays like a repetitive gag on screen comes alive onstage. Schmigadoon! trades small-screen irony for full-scale theatrical joy, landing as a sharp, affectionate parody that actually works better live.
At The Chain Theatre, John Patrick Shanley’s Pushover sets out to deliver danger, desire, and volatility but never quite lands. Despite a compelling premise and a standout turn from Di Zhu, the production struggles to find the heightened tone that defines Shanley at his best, leaving behind a play that feels more confusing than captivating.
A cold, rain-soaked night at Irish Repertory Theatre set the stage for Ulster American, a razor-sharp, deeply uncomfortable satire starring Matthew Broderick. What begins as a rehearsal quickly spirals into a brutal, hilarious unraveling of ego, politics, and performance itself.
A one-man show that starts in a Texas meth lab and ends somewhere stranger, Lost in Del Valle is a gritty, funny, and unexpectedly moving memoir of a life that veered wildly off course and somehow made it back.