Opening the Curtain

Nancy Keystone's Critical Mass Performance Group take on Euripedes. It's up at the Theatre @ Boston Court, thanks to the Getty, a funder with a vision.

In a spare rehearsal room, six actors, three black, three white are trying to create a show, or presentation, about an African genocide from the last century.

City Garage's "Opheliamachine" explores the themes of feminity, power, sex, rage, love, and madness through a faceted portrayal of Ophelia.

Contemporary architecture fills the galleries at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary. If you're craving a survey of theater, the Hollywood Fringe Festival runs June.

The genius of Neva, written and directed by Chilean Guillermo Calderón, is it captures not only Chekhov's gift for theater but also what's happening outside the theater.

The mysterious death of an American soldier in Iraq lays the groundwork for Christopher Shinn's intimate, character-driven piece at Rogue Machine Theatre.

"Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at the Taper not only does honor to Mr. Wilson's words and legacy, but gives us a hint at how his plays are going to age and grow.

If you're a fan of the formally daring and witty, you need to see Theatre Movement Bazaar's riff on Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Neil LaBute's adaptation of August Strindberg "Miss Julie" is going to be a tough ticket to get in the Geffen's small space. So, like they say on TV, 'act now.'