19th century theater, Baroque theater, Commedia dell'arte, Epic theater, Expressionist theater, Inter-war theater, Medieval theater, Musical comedy, Musical theater, Naturalist theater, Neo-romantic, Neoclassical theater, New american musical, New musical hybrids, Off-broadway, Political theater, Realist theater, Renaissance theater, Sturm und drang (storm and stress), Symbolist theater, Theater production, Theory & criticism

Musical comedy, Off-broadway, Typography

"M. Butterfly" is the ostensibly true story of a French diplomat who carries on a 17-year affair with a bewitching Chinese opera star, only to discover that she is not only a spy, but also a man. The play, rooted in a tabloid headline and realized in a retelling of Puccini's famous "Madam Butterfly,"

Eclectic, Epic, Layered, Off-broadway, Political

Enigmatic, magnetic, elusive, and mysterious -- these words and others like them have been employed over the decades to describe actor/playwright Sam Shepard's cryptic persona and plays. After leaving a dead-end town in the middle of a California wasteland, a young Shepard moved to America's biggest

Dystopic, Melancholy, Off-broadway, Primal, Tense, Visceral