Theater
Two current productions make vivid cases for the strength of Canadian theater.
Those who want to experience the brilliance of Bertolt Brecht at its mellowest should head down to Yale Rep’s lively and moving production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s superb production of God’s Ear honors this beautiful text.
Don’t miss the “joyous shout and ringing cheer” of this delightfully boisterous version of The Mikado.
“It is just when we delve deeper into the sorrows of our lives, the sorrows we have all endured, that our humor saves us.”
The problem is that John August’s book for the musical lacks most of what made his screenplay for the 2003 film so emotionally resonant for so many.
From The Deep suggests that Boston’s theater community would be better served if it put more of its resources into presenting the work of local literary talent.
Culture Clash’s view of America will discomfort, which is all the more reason that I urge you — strongly — to attend.
George C. Wolfe’s 1986 collection of vignettes that spoof and celebrate black stereotypes occasionally plays like reruns from the ’90s TV show In Living Color.
The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Mid-Year: Warming Up a Riff — How It Happened, and Why It Matters