Performer: Alissa Anderson

The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism. 

The world could use a laugh... and Brian Garman and his team deliver belly laughs aplenty at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 

Alessandro Talevi production for Festival O has sight gags and vaudeville tricks aplenty and features splendid voices in a fine cast.