Theater

Told through snapshots of Oya’s journey into adulthood and framed by her Louisiana street, the play follows a young girl who must navigate the entangled dynamics of her home while growing up.

BareStage Productions’ rendition of the play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” was a shining example of the beauty of stripped-back theater.

Berkeley Playhouse’s production of “In the Heights” taps into a joy unique to community theater, making for a fitting homage to its heart-filled neighborhood subject. 

In addition to expertly telling a story of political and familial turmoil, the production operates with time in flux. Every vignette of a memory passed is immaculate — a prose conveyed in a flourish of philosophies and family ties.

Rather than treating “The Crucible” as a static piece of literature, director Michael Socrates Moran leans into its adaptability, reframing questions of good, evil and the paradoxical pursuit of purity.

It’s magnificent, it’s breathtaking, it’s seductively corseted in ribbon and lace — it’s “Moulin Rouge!” at the Orpheum Theatre.

A play about love, trauma and politics, “Sanctuary City” is, above all, a story about humanity.

The collective outcome of a multitude of ambitious experiments by Backhaus, “Wives” comes out both clouded and visionary.