The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity

Philip Glass... is a parodic musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery.

THE STORIES: Act One: In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. Wh

A gripping and fascinating tale about a boy who grows up in the rural south and ends up as a heart surgeon and then leader of a major medical center in a big ci

THE STORY: Ruth and Jack, both in their mid-thirties, believe themselves perfectly suited to each other. But when Ruth suddenly mentions marriage, a subtle but