The Ilkhom Theatre Festival at ACT Theatre closes this Sunday; tickets for Ecstasy With the Pomegranate are still available here. Heading into ACT Theatre last night for the opening of the Ilkhom Theatre's Ecstasy With the Pomegranate, we were for some reason under the impression that this show--running for one week only, and following a four-week run of White White Black Stork--would be a shorter, perhaps more experimental work, intended for hardcore audiences. Turns out,......

We went in to Hey Girl!, the performance piece by Italian experimental theatre troupe Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, at On the Boards last night with high expectations. We'd be dishonest if we didn't admit we were somewhat disappointed, but we still recommend the show highly. After all, it features some of the greatest stage magic we've ever seen, with effects and images that stick with you longer than the inkling you have while watching that, thematically,......