The Great Pumpkin is coming, and in addition to the shows that opened last week celebrating the evening before All Saint's Day, we'll be adding just a couple of shows designed to cater to our need to see masquerades and be shocked out of our complacent ruts; the other shows feature a couple of adaptations ranging from an anticipated noir classic hitting one of our bigger stages and the appropriation of a master Russian playwrights words and using them in a modern setting. more ›

This is a week filled with local festivities—everything from the weird joys and toys of the ‘70s to wild road trips and PrideFest celebrations. Not a dull moment in sight with this week’s line-up. more ›

Burlesque has captivated audiences since the mid 19th century for reasons beyond the obvious… Yes, we all love boobies, but there’s a story in the strip, a spell in the shimmy and a secret in the sparkle of a rhinestone. more ›

To say that 14/48--the theater festival created entirely in the space of a weekend--is to the stage what blogging is to the written word would be more than a little insulting to 14/48, but the comparison does hold some water: in each ideas go, in the blink of an eye, from conception to the screen/stage where they fail or touch hearts without the benefit of a final (or second) draft. Local playwright Paul Mullin describes writing for the festival like this: more ›