Taylor Mac and Pirandello share the same goal: reveal the deadening vacuity at the heart of bourgeois society and the male ego.
Book Commentary: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “Why I Write” — Incomplete Answer
The old questions, good as they are, are going to be augmented with new ones: Are we creating a world worth living in? Are we creating a world we can continue to live in?
Theater Review: “The Niceties” — The Gloves Are Off
Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties is an articulate, if structurally crabbed, expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell.
Theater Review: A Wonderful “Journey to the Center of the Stage”
The Beau Jest Moving Theater staging succeeds at conjuring up the genially comic spirit of the late Larry Coen, a bounteously talented actor and director.
Commentary/Interview: “The Jazz Bubble” — The Arts, Commodified
In what ways are the arts themselves (and our understanding of them) being shaped to serve the ethos of corporate profit-making?
Theater Review: “We The People,” “The Member of the Wedding,” and “Creditors”
Three theaters in the Berkshires offer differing views of the past.
Theater Commentary: Can Audiences Rescue Theater Criticism?
Will working with audiences encourage stage companies and theater artists to go beyond the status quo? Or just cement them into their sweet spots?
Stage Commentary: Making Boston Theater Magical Again?
Diverting the resources of Boston’s regional theaters into the casino of Broadway undercuts the ideals that launched the regional theater movement.
Theater Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — A Heartfelt Spell
This Midsummer Night’s Dream is a pleasant enough entertainment that is helped mightily by the bucolic waterfront setting.
Fuse News: “The Rabbi Goes West”
“Our film has community and spirituality,” says Gerald Peary. “It also has conflict.”