ARTS Picks: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Sibling rivalry is elevated to comic catastrophe in Live Arts’ production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Bloodlines, love and lust collide in this Chekhov-tinged mashup about home, and where the heart is, that’s directed by Julie Hamberg.

Through 3/28. $20-25, times vary. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

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