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Theatre

Portrait of the Artist as a Ripe 引き籠もり

vACT's upcoming "Kuroko" breaks Shigematsu out of his shell

Footloose & fancy. Free?

Marjorie Chan's "China Doll" @ Gateway: #Time'sUp in late Qing Shanghai

We all still pay for"The Shipment"

Discomfiting the comfy, Speakeasy's jarring minstrelsy reprises at Presentation House

Tapdance macabre

Patrick St.'s 'Herringbone,' a musical out-of-the-box -- literally -- @ Anvil

Rent past-due

Rock musical survives on Viagra & steroids for BAC 20th Anniversary tour

Kabul love-bomb; an improvised explosive

Arts Club launches season with "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

Fringe 2019: Brainy, zany ... & rainy

More hits than misses in a frantic, far-flung, eclectic week.

... from the Jaws of Victory

Bard's Coriolanus: fem battle swag, heavy leather & vid-game Bang-Bangery

Panto pantsed for Adults Only

"Silence of the Lambs" musical send-up; something to affront everyone

ETC 2019: Songs of Innocence/Experience

Stay-at-home Rep Fest @ Jericho highlights generation gaps, self-emancipation