Critic's Choice

Mini-reviews of current stage productions, by Advertiser theater critic Joseph Rozmiarek

"'Tis Pity She's a Whore": Imaginative staging and vivid sex and violence drive this contemporary version of John Ford's 17th-century drama. An excellent university cast delivers the dialogue with meaning and emotion while projecting strong physicality. Not for the faint-hearted. Repeats at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Kennedy Theatre. Tonight's show will be interpreted in American Sign Language. Tickets are $15 general; $12 seniors, military, UH faculty/staff; $10 non-UH students; $3 UH students. 956-7655.

"Peter Pan": This is the musical version that starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and introduced Broadway to a nearly invisible flying harness. The charm is still there for both children and adults, but audiences could find the three acts and two intermissions a bit tiring. Repeats at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 28 (no show on Christmas Day); also 3 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 20 and 27 at Diamond Head Theatre; $12-$42. 733-0274.