Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

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Shattered Globe's dynamic and engaging new adaption of A Tale of Two Cities features a stellar ensemble and deeply felt ...

Zora Howard's Bust offers a vision of Black rage as a tool of transcendence, power, and social transformation.

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In Eliana Theologides Rodriguez's Poor Queenie at Subtext Studio Theatre, grief and isolation overwhelm a mother-daughter ...

Crossbar resists the commodification of soccer by reworking already existing materials into one of a kind creations.

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In Lisa Sanaye Dring's Kairos, now at Red Theater, a couple finds out immortality isn't everything they'd imagined.

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I have a deep respect for the mightiest force in nature. A tsunami can level a city. One drop of humidity can ruin your hair.

Mickle Maher's adaptation of Berlin, Jason Lutes's epic graphic novel about the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, stuns ...