Ian Thal

Fuse Theater Review: Israeli Stage’s “Fertile” — Powerful Theater About Difference

September 24, 2016
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Romona Lisa Alexander’s impressive talent for chameleonic invention is well-suited to this demanding script.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Eight by Tenn” — Tennessee Williams’ Miraculous Miniatures

September 13, 2016
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Eight by Tenn offers eight stories whose psychological depths and linguistic riches rival those of most full-length plays.

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Theater Review: Bread & Puppet’s “Whatforward Circus” — Agit-Prop, But Imaginative

September 8, 2016
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Bread & Puppet Theater’s world of anthropomorphized trees and talking toilets is often funny, sometimes beautiful, and always memorable.

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Theater Review: Shakespeare & Company’s Delightfully Loony “Emperor of The Moon”

July 30, 2016
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The Emperor of the Moon is a boisterous bit of family friendly late-afternoon entertainment under Shakespeare & Company’s Rose Footprint Tent.

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Theater Review: At Shakespeare & Company — Tina Packer’s Masterful “Merchant of Venice”

July 28, 2016
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Shakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.

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Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Hamlet” — Thrilling and Peripatetic

July 25, 2016
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Apollinaire Theatre Company has expanded the possibilities of finding first-rate outdoor Shakespeare in the Boston area.

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Theater Review: Mermaids Don’t Lie in “From The Sea, To Somewhere Else”

July 20, 2016
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Those seeking whimsical and intimate theatrical entertainment should take in this imaginative production.

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Theater Review: “Cuisine & Confessions” — A Delicious Spectacle

July 17, 2016
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The 7 Fingers can be depended on to fill everyone’s belly with spectacle.

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Visual Arts Review: Leon Steinmetz — Picturing the Artful Comedy of Commedia dell’Arte

July 14, 2016
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In this splendid exhibition, Leon Steinmetz displays a deep appreciation of the complexity of commedia dell’arte.

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Theater Review: “Wild Williams” — Wildly Imaginative

June 21, 2016
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Wild Williams is a marvelous antidote for the formulaic.

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