Theater

O Festival Diary—Day V: The Wake World Is O17’s Glamorous Swan Song

David Hertzberg’s opera is dramatically pretentious, musically gorgeous, and very much An Event.

In Red Orchid’s dazzlingly odd production, the great Sam Shepard lives on.

This imaginative, animated staging dazzles in some ways and comes up short in others.

This witty collage of theatrical ideas, superbly staged and performed, sets a high standard.

Lolita Chakrabarti’s mixed bag of a play finds greatness when Forrest McClendon takes the stage.

On Broadway and in the larger sphere of American popular song, Cook is the gold standard.

Despite some impressive elements, Marianne Elliott’s production is mired in stygian gloom.

A very enjoyable take on an American masterpiece that only improves with time.

Abe Koogler’s play moves almost imperceptibly between realism and a poetic alternate reality.

G. S. Warren’s entertaining futurist play is made extraordinary through its technology and production.