What Joan Lipkin has in mind for playgoers is a theatrical buffet, an opportunity to sample seven short plays, rather than settle in for a full-length entrée. Plus, "Briefs: A Festival of Short Lesbian and Gay Plays" is the first theater festival in...

"The Immigrant," a warm, nostalgic, almost sepia-toned play by Mark Harelik, has been brought back to the stage of the New Jewish Theatre to close out its 2010-2011 season. Over the past few years, "The Immigrant" has appeared previously on the NJT stage...