On Stage in America
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A rotating, selective list of theater offerings around the country.
CALIFORNIA
San Diego
Old Globe Theatre
All in the Timing
Six comic playlets about those out of sync with the universe.
March 25 - May 3.
(619) 239-2255
www.oldglobe.org
San Francisco
American Conservatory Theater
Mary Stuart
Friedrich Schiller's vision of the tragic queen of Scotland.
March 26 - April 26.
(415) 749-2228
http://www.act-sfbay.org
San Jose
San Jose Repertory Theatre
Icarus
Edwin Sanchez's exploration of beauty - skin-deep and deeper.
April 19 - May 17.
(408) 291-2255
www.sjrep.com
COLORADO
Denver
The Denver Center Theatre Company
Blues for an Alabama Sky
Pearl Cleage's drama about the Harlem Renaissance.
March 19 - April 25.
Macbeth
The Scottish tragedy.
March 26 - April 25.
Taking Leave
A professor's daughters' rush to aid him in crisis.
April 15 - June 13.
(303) 893-4100
www.artstozoo.org/denvercenter/
CONNECTICUT
Hartford
Hartford Stage
Tintypes
A musical collage of rare tunes.
March 28 - May 2.
(860) 525-5601
New Haven
Yale Repertory Theatre
The Cure at Troy
Adaptation of Sophocles' "Philoctetes."
March 26 - April 18.
(203) 432-1234
www.yalerep.org
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Alliance Theatre Company
Medea
Euripides' classic tragedy.
May 7 - June 14.
(404) 733-5000
www.alliancetheatre.org
ILLINOIS
Chicago
The Goodman Theatre
Design for Living
Noel Coward's comic love triangle.
May 1 - June 6.
(312) 443-3800
www.goodman-theatre.org
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Man Who Came to Dinner
A 1939 comedy of errors.
April 17 - June 14.
(312) 335-1888
www.steppenwolf.org
INDIANA
Indianapolis
Indiana Repertory Theatre
The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein's comedy about family episodes.
Through April 11.
(317) 635-5252
www.indianarep.com
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Radio Gals
Comedy about live radio in Arkansas.
April 9 - May 31.
(502) 584-1205 or 800-4ATL-TIX
www.actorstheatre.org
MAINE
Portland
Portland Stage Company
Culture of Desire
Anne Bogart's examination of consumerism and art.
Through April 5.
The Loman Family Picnic
A child rewrites "Death of a Salesman" as a musical.
April 12 - May 3.
(207) 774-0465
www.portlandarts.com/portlandstageco
MASSACHUSETTS
Cambridge
American Repertory Theatre
Nobody Dies on Friday
Marilyn Monroe's effect on an established theatrical family.
April 16 - May 2.
Albee's Men
Male characters from Edward Albee's plays.
March 24 - April 11.
(617) 547-8300
www.amrep.org
Lowell
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire DeLune
Love story about a cook and a waitress.
Through April 11.
(978) 454-0166
www.mrtlowell.com
MISSOURI
St. Louis
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde's comedy about love and politics.
Through April 17.
(314) 968-4925
www.stlrep.org
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick
Crossroads Theatre Company
The Genesis Festival '98
New African-American playwrights.
April 14-26.
(732) 249-5560
www.crossroadstheatre.com
McCarter Theatre
Safe as Houses
Richard Greenberg's new drama about love and loss.
Through April 5.
(609) 683-8000
www.mccarter.org
OREGON
Ashland
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's comedy of unrequited love.
Through Nov. 1.
Les Blancs
By Lorraine Hansberry.
Through July 12.
Uncle Vanya
Chekhov's sad comedy about country life and unrequited love.
April 22 - Oct. 31.
(541) 482-4331
www.orshakes.org
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Trinity Repertory Company
A Girl's Life
Part of the Providence New Play Festival.
Through March 22.
(401) 521-1100
www.trinityrep.com
TEXAS
Houston
Alley Theatre
Hydriotaphia, of the Death of Dr. Browne
Tony Kushner's mysterious play about the 17th-century author.
April 1 - April 25.
(713) 228-8421
www.alleytheatre.com\
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Seattle Repertory Theatre
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde's comedy about love and politics.
Through April 5.
(206) 443-2222
www.seattlerep.org