David Greenham
A new year is beginning, so it is as good a time as any to check in with a few actors with Boston roots or performance experience, to explore what it means to pursue the dream of being an actor in 2026.
The 2025 version of the Revels once again fills historic Sanders Theatre with comedy and music, while at the same time encouraging us to reflect on the things that are important in life — family, love, and the peaceful solitude of a cold winter’s night.
“Summer, 1976” is a cleverly designed snapshot of a deep but fleeting friendship.
Whatever really happened in those hectic weeks of December 1791, this modern take on the creation of Mozart’s Requiem might well turn out to have classic possibilities of its own.
The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.
Given all the chaos and violence around us, isn’t it a mite too late for a subtle play like “Our Town” to be considered a “primal scream?”
Once again, the innovative CST/Catalyst Collaborative@MIT project proves that there are inspiring stories of women’s contributions to science that need to be told.
It’s likely, the playwright suggests, that Americans are incapable of getting out of their own way long enough to cooperate in ways that do anything about the challenges that we face as a society and a country, let alone the world.
“The Heron’s Flight” is, in many ways, a hopeful antidote for the fear generated by these difficult times.
It is entertaining, but Lindsay Joelle’s script supplies only a tiny, sometimes contrived glimpse at a profession that deserves to be treated with more nuance and understanding.
Theater Commentary: Live Theater—An Incomparable Art Form