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Morson (in foreground) as Twain’s storytelling tool for hooking the reader on Jim.
“All modern American literature comes from one book...
By Kevin Phinney • April 22, 2013 10:24 am

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Ernest Hemingway famously declared, dismissing in…

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Gannon as troubled teen (with Steve Heidebrecht to rear).Truman Buffett
August: Osage County Erickson Theatre off Broadway, 1524...
By Kevin Phinney • April 16, 2013 4:41 pm

August: Osage County Erickson Theatre off Broadway, 
1524 Harvard Ave., 329-1050, 
balagantheatre.org. $20–$25. 
8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends…

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From left, Kappus, Foytik, Weinstock, and Brandon Andrus as the Four Seasons.
Jersey Boys The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth...
By Kevin Phinney • April 9, 2013 12:38 pm

Jersey Boys The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., 625-1900, 5thavenue.org. $29–$123. 
Runs Tues.–Sun.; Times Vary. Ends May 4. In…

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Hunt as Big Edie during the 1970s.Mark Kitaoka
Grey GardensACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, acttheatre.org....
By Kevin Phinney • March 26, 2013 5:29 pm

Grey Gardens ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, acttheatre.org. $55–$77. Runs Tues.–Sun. Ends June 2. Blame it on The Osbournes….

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McLaughlin as Margie,the avenging Southie.
My five sisters still live close to where...
By Kevin Phinney • March 18, 2013 10:33 am

My five sisters still live close to where my mother’s third husband (of six) moved us in grade school: El…

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Lost in the woods? Kate Sumpter as Gloria.
A play that challenges you to meet it...
By Kevin Phinney • March 4, 2013 1:07 pm

A play that challenges you to meet it on its own terms can be a thing of beauty or a…

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Hollis Wong-Wear plays the younger Kyla.
Revisiting Seattle’s grunge era through the eyes of...
By Kevin Phinney • February 26, 2013 12:00 am

Revisiting Seattle’s grunge era through the eyes of four fictional characters, These Streets aspires to be to the ’90s what…

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Hoffer as Hedwig
If evangelicals can hate the sin but not...
By Kevin Phinney • January 22, 2013 12:00 am

If evangelicals can hate the sin but not the sinner, is it cool to hate the play but love the…

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The furries and their friends.
Opening Nights: Avenue Q
By Kevin Phinney • November 20, 2012 12:00 am

It’s like the dark alley behind Sesame Street.

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Butler belts out some blues.
Opening Nights: Pullman Porter Blues
By Kevin Phinney • October 9, 2012 12:00 am

Three generations on a train, with plenty of hot music.

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Shannon O. Campbell as one of the new Russia's lost girls.
Opening Nights: The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
By Kevin Phinney • October 2, 2012 12:00 am

Folklore updated for the age of Putin.

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Boswell puts the heat into Memphis.
Opening Nights: Memphis
By Kevin Phinney • September 25, 2012 12:00 am

Sizzling music, but the story’s lost its grit.

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John Patrick Lowrie as Mark Twain.
Opening Nights: Big River
By Kevin Phinney • September 18, 2012 12:00 am

At Village Theatre, heart by the truckload.

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Puppeteer Margaret Savas and her charge.
Opening Nights: This Land/Woody Guthrie
By Kevin Phinney • September 11, 2012 12:00 am

Live music, film, puppets, and more: It’s a multimedia pileup.

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Hoffer's Angel shows us the money.
Opening Nights: Rent
By Kevin Phinney • July 31, 2012 12:00 am

The 5th found a scrappy cast, but it still feels like a period piece.

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Patriarch Wright with daughters (l-r) Sustad, Potter, and Grant-Suttie.
Opening Nights: One Slight Hitch
By Kevin Phinney • June 19, 2012 12:00 am

Lewis Black gets . . . timid?

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Ditmyer and Conk contemplate the killing.
Opening Nights: Shear Madness
By Kevin Phinney • June 12, 2012 12:00 am

A partly improvised murder mystery doubles down on dumbing down.

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Jamieson (flanked by Viertel and Cowan) as the disruptive visitor.
Stage: Entertaining Mr. Sloane
By Kevin Phinney • May 22, 2012 12:00 am

The Schmee accent-uates the negative.

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Benezra and Franklin deal with the devil.
Opening Nights: Bed Snake
By Kevin Phinney • May 15, 2012 12:00 am

Selling your soul to be a rap star.

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Ferrante (at right, like we need to tell you) with his accompanist Furmston.
Opening Nights: An Evening With Groucho
By Kevin Phinney • May 15, 2012 12:00 am

A comedy legend reminisces.

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