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Theater Review: “The Cake” — Thoughtfully Baked
Dramatist Bekah Brunstetter sidesteps easy answers and pat revelations to produce a nuanced comedy about people coming to terms with who they are and where they are from.
Theater Interview: Tony-winning actress Kelli O’Hara — Broadway is not Enough
” I want to try everything, study everything. I just love this work.”
Arts Commentary: WBUR’s Clogged “ARTery”
Every organization in the Barr Foundation’s charmed circle — large arts groups and The ARTery — have a financial stake in reinforcing the belief that the Barr’s money is being put to supremely successful use.
Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2019
Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.
Theater Review: A Musical “Moby-Dick” Lumbers from its Seabed at the A.R.T.
Dave Malloy’s musical version of Moby-Dick shows promise, but he needs to trim plenty of blubber.
Theater Review: Queen Mab’s “Dream” — Good and Necessary
Queen Mab’s premiere production is an energetic, 80-minute, one-man performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Theater Review: The Christmas Revels — American Version
This year’s Revels is more than a parade of Christmas songs and stories that tap deep into America’s European and African past.
Theater Review: New Rep’s “Oliver!” — Less Boundless Energy, Please
The spirit of Oliver! explodes on stage here, and that is a credit to the ambitions of this company.
Theater Review: A Three-Hour “Bright Room Called Day” Befuddles at the Public Theater
Tony Kushner attempts a re-write of his first professional play. The results are decidedly mixed.