Pity. Horror. Fascination. One can only gape at this man, existing as a freak-show attraction until a sympathetic surgeon swoops in to realize the dreams inside his grossly swollen head--dreams of becoming a man like the men who have stood staring through the bars. Based on the life of the 19th century "human curiosity" Joseph Merrick, Pomerance's award-winning drama puts a gritty but ultimately tender examination of human deformity on display. Step right up and see.
Showing April 14-16 and 21-23 - Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742
8 p.m., $12., www.theatreintime.org