So when Theatre B considered producing “Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play,” which itself echoes the “Cape Feare” episode, Lucas signed up to direct. The dark comedy opens Friday, May 6 .

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Mr. Burns) Excellent. MARTÍNEZ: It debuted in 1989. That's 36 seasons and 800 episodes. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE SIMPSONS") AZARIA: (As Clancy) That's nice work, boys ...

Young “Mr. Burns” is just being his silly self, so his mom cheerfully went along with it. There’s a word for a parent like that: “EXCELLENT.” ...

The commercial went on to explain that a grand prize of $50,000 would go to one lucky fan who picked the crook from a lineup of six suspects: Mr. Burns, Lisa, Otto, Krusty the Clown, Nelson and Homer.

It is, in a word, excellent. Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, by Anne Washburn, directed by Maggie Cady, at the Contemporary Theater Company, 327 Main St, Wakefield, Sept. 15-16, 21-23, 28-30 at 7pm.

“Mr. Burns, he's fascinating,” says Gordon-Levitt of the backstory-laden installment. “It goes to show you that oligarchs have always been around!” ...

Darkly comical but also wistful and weird, “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” may be the strangest work in CATCO’s history. CATCO has launched its season daringly with the area premiere of ...

Under Wechsler’s careful direction, “Mr. Burns” needs to lose a solid 20 minutes, an easy fix given the repetitiveness of some scenes and the obsessively detailed Simpsons’ minutia.

From left, Emily Ota, Luis Quintero, and Lauren Karaman in “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” which imagines a world comforted by “The Simpsons,” at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Young “Mr. Burns” is just being his silly self, so his mom cheerfully went along with it. There’s a word for a parent like that: “EXCELLENT.” ...