Robert Israel
A talented cast does its best to add buoyancy to a script weighted down in palaver.
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And So We Walked is about the performer finding her roots, and that quest is often meandering.
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The Huntington Theatre Company’s co-production of Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s is spirited and sassy.
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“We take the audience on a journey that’s not part of a traditional approach to opera.”
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The domestic demolition in Kate Snodgrass’s script is served au flambé.
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Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson’s searing poetic vision.
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“Samuel Beckett’s work speaks to me because he’s a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown.”
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Steve Stern’s novel about the Jewish expressionist painter Chaim Soutine is more informative than it is engaging.
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Many have surrendered to Joy Harjo’s undeniable shamanistic charms and classify her as a national treasure.
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Theater Remembrance: Trinity Repertory Company Director Adrian Hall
During his career as the founder and artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence (from 1964 to 1989), Adrian Hall achieved a lasting place in the American theater as a visionary director.
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