Two weekends ago, Baltimore's Missoula Oblongata rocked our theatrical world with The 50 Greatest Ladies and Gentlemen down at Theatre off Jackson. Taking an extremely creative approach to doing theatre, the company builds compelling shows on a tight budget and tours them all around the country. By bringing all their settings as well as their own lighting and operating it all onstage live, they can perform anywhere, from a classy theatre like ToJ to someone's backyard. more ›

This last weekend at Theatre off Jackson, the Missoula Oblongata, out of Baltimore, got us revved up for what's looking to be a killer week of experimental theatre and performance. And yes, yes...we can see the eyes of readers rolling already. More performance art! Well, here's the trick--if there's one thing we took away from Missoula Oblongata's The 50 Greatest Ladies and Gentlemen, it's that, quite the opposite of what you might expect, the off-the-wall stuff is (often) more approachable than the mainstream stuff you'd get at the Rep or Intiman or the like. more ›