Bill Marx

Author Interview: Roberta Silman — Taking up “Heart-work”

March 20, 2025
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“Heart-work”, Roberta Silman’s new collection of stories, looks at the knotty intricacies of domestic life.

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Theater Review: “The Inspector” Makes a Wildly Amusing Call

March 19, 2025
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The Russian dramatist’s expansive application of ridicule, his picture of human society as an endless chain of fools fooling fools fooling fools, couldn’t be more fitting — it is a funhouse mirror of our times.

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Arts Commentary: Climate Crisis Cabaret — Marching Orders

March 12, 2025
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Why did I help organize the Climate Crisis Cabaret? Because these are not normal times. And we need more theater like it.

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Theater Review: “Hedda Gabler” — The Pistol Packin’ Charm of the Bourgeoisie

February 26, 2025
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It is always a pleasure to see Ibsen on stage, but this production of one of his masterpieces is generally humdrum.

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Theater Review: “The Grove” — Nurturing Ancestral Connections

February 23, 2025
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Revelatory reunions are a standard dramatic setup, which explains why it takes quite a while for “The Grove” to gather some theatrical steam.

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Theater Review: “Life & Times of Michael K” — Refusing to Be Erased

February 5, 2025
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This moving, at times beautiful, production evokes Michael K’s vision of purity, a rejection of collective cruelty and madness that asserts human dignity’s last stand — as an animal.

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Podcast Interview: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary on Making “The Rabbis Go South”

January 18, 2025
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The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.

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Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 1, 2025
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A collection of quotes that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.

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Theater Feature: Favorite Boston-Area Stage Productions of 2024

December 25, 2024
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Our critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.

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Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2024

December 24, 2024
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

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