You’ve heard or seen the classic holiday tales such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Home Alone” and “A Christmas Story.” Now, 2nd Street Theater is bringing a new take on those stories, aiming to poke fun at political correctness. Clinton K. Clark’s “A P.C. Christmas,” opening Dec. 8, involves back-stories offering good […]
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Growing Apart Together
“The Last Five Years” deconstructs a marriage
“The Last Five Years,” at 2nd Street Theater, was written by Jason Robert Brown and premiered in Chicago in 2001, eventually moving Off-Broadway in 2002. That year the show won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics and was nominated for several more awards. Most recently, in 2014, Richard Lagravenese (“P.S. I Love […]
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Sibling Hatred
2nd Street’s latest is intense, but lightly comical
More than a frame to hold the actors and the storyline, the set—as well as the soundtrack—plays a central role in the charm of 2nd Street Theater’s current production of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Front-and-center is a stripped-down space that does triple-time as a 1910 cabaret, a 1935 movie set and a 1962 […]