Category: austin playhouse
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“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at Austin Playhouse
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is based on the ridiculous 1980s movie of the same name where two con men work with each other, then work against each other, get a monkey boy involved, and eventually get beat at their own game by a better con artist than themselves. The musical, which came out in 2005-ish, isn’t…
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“Emma” at Austin Playhouse
It’s not that loving Jane Austen is a competition. If it was, I certainly wouldn’t win. (But I think I would be pretty high up there.) It’s also not that Jane Austen’s books are so precious that they shouldn’t be played with. She’s super dead, so do whatever you want! I had high hopes going…
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“Born With Teeth” at Austin Playhouse
Liz Duffy Adams’ play Born With Teeth is predicated on the idea that Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe did indeed collaborate on the writing of the Henry VI trilogy, and asks: so, what did they talk about while they worked? “Imagined conversations between two real people” is a well established theatrical genre; Born With Teeth…