Robert Israel
This is an opportunity to take in the early stirrings of Tennessee Williams’ talent as a playwright.
Given what Olga Tokarczuk is curious about, it is not surprising that her book serves up its share of goofy humor.
The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb’s stage with an enviable energy.
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.

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