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  • Return of the Prodigal Son

    Return of the Prodigal Son

    June 4, 2015

    Playwright Luis Alfaro returns to Magic Theatre with the start of an epic American trilogy.

  • Sheparding Insanity

    Sheparding Insanity

    February 11, 2015

    Every insane family is insane in its own way in Shepard revival at the Magic.

  • What’s Going On

    What’s Going On

    April 7, 2014

    Scottish playwright Linda McLean’s back with another disturbing play at the Magic, and it’s a weird one.

  • We’re Hir Because We’re Hir

    We’re Hir Because We’re Hir

    February 17, 2014

    The transgender angle seems like the most normal (and certainly the most palatable) thing about Hir.

  • Sing the Boys Back Home

    Sing the Boys Back Home

    November 27, 2013

    Magic Theatre doesn’t do musicals often, but by golly it’s doing one now.

  • Buried Child Revived

    Buried Child Revived

    September 18, 2013

    Magic Theatre brings back one of its most famous premieres, 35 years later.

  • Hot Shot Time Machine

    Hot Shot Time Machine

    February 3, 2013

    Hey, who am I? Who are you? What are we doing here? What’s this needle doing in my arm? And shouldn’t there be a…

  • Embarrassment of Riches

    Embarrassment of Riches

    December 30, 2012

    Boy, this was a hard year to reduce to a Top Ten. When I look over the list of the 117 shows I attended…

  • Family Portrait

    Family Portrait

    November 30, 2012

    Another Way Home, Anna Ziegler’s world premiere at Magic Theatre, feels very much like a New York play that just happens to be debuting…

  • Witch’s Brujaja

    Witch’s Brujaja

    June 8, 2012

    Playwright Luis Alfaro dazzled Magic Theatre audiences two years ago with Oedipus el Rey, his lyrical barrio gangster update of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. It was…

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