The opportunity to see the culture-changing Broadway phenomenon Hamilton on Disney Plus, sucked up all the arts oxygen over the Fourth of July weekend.
Theater
Poetry Review: “Outside” — Poetry and Prose of French Writer André du Bouchet.
Take the poems slowly, enjoy the Cage-y silences, the concentrated words as they appear.
Theater Commentary: A Modest Proposal — Boston Theaters, Junk Your Seasons!
Today’s spirit of protest calls for risk and innovation, dissent and defiance. Our timid stages fall disgracefully short of reflecting that iconoclasm.
Theater Commentary: The Boston Theater Critics Association — Finally Reached a Conclusion?
The Boston Theater Critics Association should take action in support of #MeToo. But this will probably be the last year I request that Israel Horovitz’s Elliot Norton Prize be withdrawn.
Theater Interview: Anthony Clarvoe on “The Living” — Surviving Plague Time
The Living “is about the impulse to draw back, to lie, to conceal, and to retreat versus the impulse to gather, to commune, to cooperate, to find common ground. Those two conflicting impulses seem to inform our response to every disaster.”
Theater Commentary: Why Are America’s Stages Afraid of Dealing with the Climate Crisis?
Those who survive the climate crisis will regard American theater’s current indifference with incredulity and disgust.
Performing Arts Series: Stories of Surviving COVID-19 — Double Edge Theatre
“We believe the way to move through these times is 6 feet apart and ALL TOGETHER.”
Theater Commentary: When the Curtain Falls — Like an Axe
Vibrant, independent theater in Boston and throughout New England will not be sustained if the demolition starts at the bottom and moves up.
Arts Commentary: Two “Killer” Worldviews
I’m suddenly startled by the almost simultaneous appearance of two killers, neither of them COVID-19, each seemingly unbeatable in its own way.
Book Review: “Woe from Wit” — A Great Russian Drama, Newly Translated
One of the masterpieces of Russian drama is done justice in a English version that successfully captures much of the wit and fluency of the original.