For her raucous, lewd "Restoration Comedy," Amy Freed has ransacked the plots of one minor and one substantial old play to forge a pastiche saluting 17th century mores and stagecraft while skewering ...

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Be warned. Not about the extreme profanity or bare-bottom nudity that abound in Amy Freed’s “Restoration Comedy,” at the Flea Theater, but about the evening’s length. Oh, there’s a play in there all ...

If it were a musical, maybe I would love it. But as it stands, Michael Kahn’s premiere of the recently adapted The Beaux’ Stratagem is a fussy, finicky affair that never fully unsheathes itself from ...

Actress Veanne Cox and restoration comedy were made for each other. After making an inspired local debut in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” last year, Cox now ...

“This part of our literature is a disgrace to our language and our national character,” thundered Victorian politician, historian and writer Thomas Macaulay in a diatribe against Restoration comedy.

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The Burnsville High School theater department is turning back the clock – all the way back to the 18th Century. Actors in Victorian-era fashions will grace the Mraz Center stage starting Thursday, Feb ...

David Esbjornson's first season at Seattle Repertory Theater got off to a bumpy start with "The King Stag" and "Purgatorio," so it's nice to see audiences relaxing and enjoying themselves again. The ...

Did you spend $129.99 to buy a portable record player this past Christmas? It’s difficult to imagine how anybody—except for a prop assistant on a Merchant-Ivory film—might be interested in one. But ...