If this seemingly endless presidential election has left you in need of laughs, vote “Shorts Gone Wild 4: Decision 2016.” The fourth installment of the LGBT-themed short play festival by City Theatre and Island City Stage is giddy and [...]

When Shorts Gone Wild first appeared five years ago, the somewhat risqué spin on City Theatre’s Summer Shorts paradigm tried to be a little daring, a little naughty. Each year, the material eased into a deeper shade of blue [...]

August 22, 2017 FacebookTwitter Christine Dolen, Correspondent Top of Form When “Shorts Gone Wild” began, the often-raunchier cousin to City Theatre’s popular “Summer Shorts Festival” aimed to provoke thought, entertain and sometimes shock with its LGBTQ-themed [...]

“I will obliterate those who oppress and repress people they do not understand,” the ambitious, young, wide-eyed, if a bit naïve man proclaims confidently. “And I will seek justice for those who’ve been marginalized by society.” [...]

The Goldberg Variations” (with some slight modifications to the title) is a challenging harpsichord piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, a career-altering recording of that piece by pianist Glenn Gould, a ballet by Jerome Robbins, an [...]

The Goldbergs are a typical family: argumentative, secretive and resentful, prone to putting faith in personal mythology that may have no bearing on reality but has become permanently fixed in family lore. So, yes. Typical. [...]