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Summer Stock: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Each summer, students from across the country meet to mount three productions with professionals within the industry. This production is the classic satire of big business and all it holds sacred. And here's our review of the show.Through Aug. 10. Times vary. $27-34. -
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Vortex Summer Youth Theatre: Alice's Wonderland
This 28th annual summertime show at the Vortex features a new musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by Ingrid Oslund, with a cast of young professionals directed by Gabriel Maldonado.Through July 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35.
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Annie
Leapin' lizards! Could it be true that the Chronicle's own Robert Faires plays the part of Daddy Warbucks in this ridiculously popular musical classic based on Harold Gray's old-school comic strip about a plucky young orphan in the Depression Era? Yes, he does – among an exuberant cast of TexARTS professionals directed by Joey Banks.Through Aug. 4. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $43-53. -
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Death Tax
Lucas Hnath's new and exceedingly dark comedy is directed by Ken Webster for Hyde Park Theatre and stars Chase Brewer, Lana Dieterich, Sarah Chong Harmer, and Web Jerome. (And the Chronicle's Elizabeth Cobbe reviewed the show right here.)Through July 27. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $24-28 (pay what you can, Thursdays). -
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Pipeline
A mother’s hopes for her son clash with an educational system rigged against him, in this new play by Dominique Morisseau. Directed by Jeremy Rashad Brown for Spectrum Theatre Company.Through July 20. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm. $20-25. -
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Swimming While Drowning
Emilio Rodriguez’s coming-of-age story celebrates the healing power of hope and the beautiful mystery of being a teenager. Directed by Alexis A. Arredondo for Teatro Vivo.Through July 27. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. Pay what you wish. -
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The Tempest
Shakespeare's mystical classic, in which an exiled sorcerer shipwrecks a group of conspirators on his remote island home full of mysterious and magical beasts, is directed by Levi Gore for City Theatre.Through July 21. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 4pm. $10-25.
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Auditions: Saint Somebody
Rita Anderson's Civil War drama will be directed by Christina J. Moore for Mélange Theatre Company this November. Performers will be compensated. See website for details; email for appointment.Auditions: Sat., July 27, 1:30-4pm
