Crimes of the Heart at International City Theatre

You can't face the future until you have faced your past -- that's the lesson of Southern gothic tragicomedy Crimes of the Heart, which won the Pulitzer Prize for its tale of the quirky Magrath sisters and the sordid deeds they must reconcile. Holed up at their granddaddy's house in Mississippi, the motherless trio have a knack for dysfunction, with the latest fiasco involving youngest sister Babe's shooting of her abusive husband. Meanwhile, eldest sister Lenny's horse was just struck by lightning and middle sister Meg has suffered a nervous breakdown after seeing her dreams of a singing career dashed. More than 30 years after the acclaimed film adaptation, the stage version of Crimes of the Heart is as potent, touching and hilarious as ever. Watch the women test the boundaries of sisterhood when this hurricane of hilarity and hurt blows into the International City Theatre in Long Beach.