P. Kubicks

AN ANGELIC PRODUCTION Arena Stage’s Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches begins with the Angel (rapturous Billie Krishawn) grooming a sand-swept stage into a giant spiral. As soon as her zen garden is complete, Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz (stoic Susan Rome) sinks his foot into the stage, telling the story of the emigration of Jews…

PLEASE HELLO! How’s this for an overture: Go see it. Signature Theatre has mounted a very good production of an experimental, rarely performed musical by the late composer Stephen Sondheim. It is both spotty and highly recommended. Pacific Overtures tells the story of the Westernization of Japan through the lens of Commodore Perry’s 1853 forcible…