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Features | Southeast

N.O. Shakespeare Festival’s ‘Twelfth Night’ is a lustrous delight
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) In a town famous for launching its most famous celebration on Twelfth Night, one might think the connection to the self-named Shakespearean comedy would be a given. But, alas, the title selected by the Bard for this memorable work has absolutely nothing to do with the promise…

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Local production of ‘Hedwig & The Angry Inch’ a cut above
September 28, 2018September 30, 2018

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) For the past three weeks Rainbow Carnage Productions has been presenting Hedwig and the Angry Inch on the stage at Café Istanbul. With a simple, but effective set and direction by Kimberly Kaye, this is the third professional production of the John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask…

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