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Theater Review: New Rep’s “Muckrakers” — Not Messy Enough

January 17, 2015
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Zayd Dohrn’s slightly predictable Muckrakers offers some satisfying twists and turns as it moves toward the inevitable.

Theater Review: “Measure for Measure” – A Problem Play for Shakespeare’s Time — and Ours

January 16, 2015
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Shakespeare may have written Measure for Measure as a dystopian satire of what it would be like if the Puritans were ever to take over England.

Stage Review: A Not-So-Perfect “Future Perfect” at SpeakEasy Stage

January 15, 2015
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Playwright Ken Urban doesn’t seem to have a strong point of view about his thirtysomethings-in-a-muddle; neither does he allow them to change or grow.

Theater Review: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” — Middle-aged Angst and Broad Humor

January 10, 2015
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While worth a look for its inspired performances, this Huntington Theatre Company production does not give us Christopher Durang at his madcap best.

Fuse Theater Interview: Playwright Ken Urban on Crafting “A Future Perfect”

January 9, 2015
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“The pain depicted on stage must cut to the bone, inspire a seemingly impossible empathy within me, within the audience.”

Theater Commentary: On The Firing Of Theater J’s Ari Roth

January 7, 2015
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The Theater J debacle points to the difficulties Jewish theater faces within the Jewish community.

Theater Review: “Red Hot Patriot” — The Enduring Wit and Wisdom of Molly Ivins

January 6, 2015
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If you’re looking for an entertaining piece of theater that will leave you both laughing and pondering your own place on the political map, go see

Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Scrambles the Genres, Beautifully

December 23, 2014
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Every Brilliant thing is evidence, which we may need, that life matters, and that theatre matters.

Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2014

December 22, 2014
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Fuse theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.

Theater Commentary: Is a Five-Year-Old Tony Kushner Play Too Challenging For Boston?

December 20, 2014
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The only Boston-based companies that have the means to stage an epic on this scale will shy away from the content while those adventurous enough to handle its iconoclasm lack the means.

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