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Its title notwithstanding, Charles Randolph-Wright’s new play, Love in Afghanistan, now playing at Arena Stage, has little in it of the conventional love story.

Martin’s script is uneven, intermittently humorous and tedious. But the performances at VTC make the evening a worthwhile entertainment.

Pairing composers with styles as different as R&H and Webber is a little odd — like steak and white wine, a friend commented — but RCP’s singers and orchestra made it a tasty dish.

There are some sparkling moments and performances in Port Tobacco Players’ production of Fiddler on the Roof. If only that energy and inventiveness had carried throughout the production.

A Chorus Line touches the reality of the audition process, at least before the finale in which all the job seekers, those hired and those not, get to parade in spectacularly glittery gold costumes. If only.

The production is full of well-realized character roles, and the technical side of the production lives up to the Shakespeare Theatre’s typically high standards.

If you value absolutely stunning, absorbing theater, do not miss the opportunity to see Saint Joan.

Even at this early stage of his career, however, Simon could write material that greatly pleased viewers, and the TACT production elicited strong, favorable reactions from the Saturday night audience.

The capacity audience loved every moment, and the intervals between laughs were very short indeed.

This is a well-conceived and successful production of Man of La Mancha that deserves an audience.