Read the full article by Odin Rasco at RAM’s New Times Magazine
Thanks to a confluence of creative calendars, Sacramentans are spoiled for choice when it comes to picking a play this August. In a sort of synchronicity, many of the plays being staged this month share themes that might make them unexpected companion pieces.
For Broadway lovers, “In The Heights” and “Tick, Tick… Boom!” both stand out as examples of premiere playwright talents from before their biggest-named shows — “Hamilton” and “Rent,” respectively — had been penned. Protagonists in “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” and “Chicken and Biscuits” would agree blood is thicker than water, though their exact intent in saying so might differ. Finally, finicky financials may lead to frustration or fortune in “The Lehman Trilogy” and “You Can’t Take it With You.”