Bright Ideas August 25, 2009

Eric Coble's gleeful, Macbeth-ian black comedy about the nurturing instinct gone haywire. Genevra and Joshua Bradley are convinced that placement in the correct preschool will ensure their soon-to-be four-year old son's future success in life. Although the Bradleys registered their son for Bright Ideas Early Childhood Development Academy on the day he was born, he's still stuck on the waiting list, so the fretting couple takes matters into their own hands, with dire and downright Shakespearean results. Macbeth meets MacParenting in this new comedy of homicidal proportions. You may never look at pre-school - or pesto - the same way again. Aug. 25 -Sept. 20; International City Theatre, Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach CA 90802; $29 - $42; (562) 436-4610 or www.InternationalCityTheatre.com.

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