Other Inland Empires: surfing in shallow water

Formally innovative, Other Inland Empires also looks like it’s also going to be theatrically and thematically rewarding — at first. Writer and director Julie Hammond presents three characters: she has written herself into the piece as a narrator; her grandmother, who...

Lady Parts: I like ’em

Lady Parts is a feminist revue that includes sketch comedy, personal testimony, and a whole lot of political fuck-you-ness. It’s hilarious, it’s necessary, and it’s so welcome. Lady Parts wields transgression like a stick that it’s using to smash the piñata of...