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Theater Review: This “Comedy of Errors” is an Exhilarating Circus of Desperation

October 9, 2014
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The intriguing notion of a down-and-out clown troupe struggling with a classic text propels this superb production.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Knock! The Daniil Kharms Project” — Absurdity Knocked About

October 7, 2014
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Imaginary Beasts is to be congratulated for bringing public attention to the brilliant, idiosyncratic-to–the-max-and-beyond work of Daniil Kharms, a writer silenced by Stalin.

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Theater Review: A First-Rate and Relevant Version of “An Enemy of the People”

October 7, 2014
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Ibsen’s and Miller’s scientist hero must contend with denial, disbelief, ignorance, fear of change, malice, opportunism, greed, the abuse of power, censorship, betrayal, and violence. Sound familiar?

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Fuse Theater Review: “Traces” — Dazzling On-Stage Mayhem

October 4, 2014
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The more-than-satisfactory appeal of Traces is to see these gifted athletes perform time-honored circus skills – the attempt to make the performers look like televised rock stars falls flat.

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Theater Review: A Flawed “Far From Heaven” at Speakeasy Stage Company

September 20, 2014
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In the musical Far From Heaven, the pleasure of Cathy’s first-act dream overwhelms the anguish of her second-act awakening.

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Fuse Theater Review: Singers Shine in New Rep’s “Closer Than Ever”

September 17, 2014
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Leigh Barrett and her collaborators sing and act beautifully, and they are obviously having a great deal of fun performing Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire’s heartfelt songs about the trials and transitions of middle age.

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Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Emilie” — Where History, Feminism, and Science Fiction Meet

September 16, 2014
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At its deepest level, Emilie invokes the quest we all undertake to make sense of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are going.

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Theater Review: Cut and Slash Done With Panache — Lyric Stage Delivers a High-Caliber “Sweeney Todd”

September 13, 2014
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To darken a story that already hinges on rape, murder, and cannibalism takes some doing, but the edgy Lyric Stage production pulls it off.

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Theater Review: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” — Is This Meal Really Necessary?

September 11, 2014
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When it comes to race relations, America has a lot on its plate — there is no good reason to serve leftovers.

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Theater Interview: Wordsmiths Strike Back — The Poets’ Theatre Redux

September 6, 2014
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We intend to stage work by all the living American poets we can lure into our sphere: starting right here in Cambridge.

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