Theater
Arlekin’s high-energy adaptation underscores absurdism’s resonance in an age of conflict.
S. Asher Gelman’s script opens as a rare, bracing political drama before collapsing into conventional family melodrama.
Despite striking choreography and a tour-de-force lead, the A.R.T.’s adaptation of Black Swan can’t escape the film’s excesses—or its own thin score.
Sharon Rothstein’s sharp drama shifts the focus from censorship to the corrosive culture of public shaming.
Jonathan Spector’s successful satire finds biting comedy—and uneasy truth—in the limits of well-meaning consensus.
Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy power Charles Ludlam’s camp classic, even as a stripped-down design leaves some comic potential untapped.
“The Maids” uses video and fantasy with purpose, while “Kenrex” turns a grim murder story into empty showmanship.
Set amid the rituals and turmoils of barrio life, this contemporary take on “Oedipus Rex” trades Sophoclean complexity for theatrical vitality.
Two beloved cult properties arrive on Broadway with formidable casts and decades of devotion behind them – but conjuring darkness turns out to be harder than it looks.
Stage Commentary: Where’s the Fire? Boston Theater’s Cautious Return to Relevance
After a year of safe revivals and recycled material, companies hint at change—but caution, celebrity casting, and déjà vu still dominate the lineup.
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