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Judith: A Parting From the Body (Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2) The Potomac Theatre Project's production of Howard Barker's Judith: A Parting From the Body is directed by Richard Romagnoli. Barker's retelling of the story of Judith and Holofernes takes a fatal encounter and turns it into a duel of seduction and deception, and a study on intense desire and the nature of love. The production stars , Alex Draper and Patricia Buckley. Visit .
Vinegar Tom (Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2) The Potomac Theatre Project's production of 's Vinegar Tom is directed by Cheryl Faraone, and features music by Carol Christensen and lyrics by Caryl Churchill. The production stars Tara Giordano, , Kathleen Wise, Lucy Faust, Nesba Crenshaw, Chelsea Melone, Caitlyn Meagher, Steven Dykes, Patricia Buckley, Caitlin Duffy, Joelle Mendoza-Etchart and Liana Barron. Vinegar Tom is described as "a cabaret about hanging witches, with no witches." Visit .
Awake and Sing! (Off-Broadway at The Public's Shiva Theater) The National Asian American Theatre Company's production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! features an entirely Asian-American cast. The production is directed by Stephen Brown-Fried and stars , Mel Duane Gionson, Mia Katigbak, Teresa Avia Lim, , Jon Norman Schneider, David Shih, Alok Tewari and Henry Yuk. Awake and Sing! is described as "an empathetic, almost autobiographical time-marker about a Jewish family struggling through the depths of the Depression in a cramped and overcrowded Bronx apartment." Visit .
Concluding Aug. 9:
(Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) The new Broadway musical comedy It Shoulda Been You, about a wedding gone awry, features music by and a book and lyrics by . The production is directed by . leads the cast, joined by , , , , , , , , , , , , and . It Shoulda Been You is described as "a culture clash for the ages when two families from wildly different backgrounds come together to celebrate a wedding." Visit .
Scenes From An Execution (Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2) The Potomac Theatre Project's production of Howard Barker's Scenes From An Execution is directed by Richard Romagnoli. The production stars , David Barlow, Alex Draper, Bill Army, Pamela J. Gray, Steven Dykes, Meghan Leathers, Lana Meyer, Melissa MacDonald, Adam Ludwig, Jonathan Tindle, Kean Haunt and Nicholas Hemerling. Scenes From An Execution is described as "the passionate struggle of the Venetian painter Galactia, and her collision with the Doge of Venice". Visit .
