Arts

"Pig Iron's very familiar with an audience almost getting our work," says Sugg during rehearsals for this month's revamped production of writer Robert Quillen "Quill" Camp's Chekhov Lizardbrain

In Cory Doctorow's future, the geeks actually have inherited the Earth.

Back off, D.C.: This show — the only local Nutcracker directly linked through Balanchine to the 1892 Tchaikovsky original — is one we'd like to keep for ourselves.

The nearly-30-piece collection, a loose interpretation of The Night Before Christmas, follows "Nick" and all his bits and pieces as he does the nasty with a bunch of dudes on Christmas Eve.

But with In Retrospect, the company enters an even more unexpected space — a dance studio.

"Back by popular demand" is often hyperbole, but not regarding This Is the Week That Is: The New Administration, the fourth installment of 1812 Productions' comedic skewering of current events.

"We wanted a performance that included all the elements we love in a show: an exciting space, a good story, quality acting, great music ... and a cocktail."

Donations have been pouring through the gallery's big mail slot every few hours, says artist/publisher/co-organizer Alex Lukas, and this year's work is of the highest caliber he's ever seen.