Robert Israel
There are 170 recipes in King Solomon’s Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times.
A newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico García Lorca.
Fall’s conflict is presented with insufficient power; its domestic tragedy is not propelled along its inevitably troubling course.
Why has Bernard Weinraub chosen this secretive chapter of Miller’s life as fodder for his play?
A resplendent and spirited revival of The Sound of Music in downtown Boston.
But, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year’s IRNE Awards.
In The Humans, Stephen Karam suggests that America can be a heaven that, in a moment, might flip into hell.
“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear “Mack the Knife,” the choreography will suggest scenes of slashing and murdering.”
Adrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.
The late Larry Coen was a mainstay in Boston theater.

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