It’s 1 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. You’re in Taos, New Mexico. Ethereal music drifts from the radio speakers until an electronically altered bass voice says this: “Did you hear that change in tempo? You must’ve heard it. It slid right in there. What’s going on around here? You probably fell asleep with your radio […]
Mike Waugh
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Baloney Rodeo improv troupe returns to IAO for reunion shows
Baloney Rodeo had a two-decade run in Oklahoma City from 1989 to 2009.
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Of paranoia and pregnancy
Finally, here’s a chance to see Mike Waugh answer nature’s call right onstage. He does this bit of business in Matt Pelfrey’s thriller, An Impending Rupture of the Belly. Being the seasoned pro that he is, Waugh surely shakes the dew off the lily and talks to a man about a horse without fail, and […]
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‘Rain’ on me
Two fine actors giving terrific performances and a director who knows when to let well enough alone results in “A Steady Rain,” a highly satisfying evening of theater. Concerning a pair of Chicago patrolmen, the play by Keith Huff isn’t so much a police procedural as it is a study of what happens when miscreant […]
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Slow connection
“You’ve Got Hate Mail” is a comedy about infidelity in the computer age. Written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, the play is told entirely through emails, chat messages and texts between five characters who read aloud and react to the correspondence. There’s the appropriately named Richard, a lawyer who can’t keep his little […]