Theater
All the prancing about onstage with planks of wood, actors climbing into eight-foot large puppet skeletons, is marvelous to behold, but it makes for an uneven, confusing production.
Read MoreIn “The Flick,” Annie Baker creates youngish characters that my students at Boston University would call “relatable,” exploring how self-delusions, stereotypes, and fear keep them from connecting in a meaningful way.
Read MoreA trio of superb off Broadway plays explore the complicated faces of love and lust — from the seamy to the sublime.
Read MoreI had the opportunity to see two performances of Peter M. Floyd’s Absence at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.
Read MoreA lack of dramatic combustion sometimes makes the Lyric Stage Company production, despite its intelligent detail, more staidly melodramatic than it should be.
Read MoreMotti Lerner’s characters succeed in making both the secular and ultra-religious life appear rewarding and believable.
Read MoreThe 64,000 question is, if the artists’ concerns gravitated to the Marathon Bombings, why did “Interference”‘s press releases and the program cite Picasso’s “Guernica”?
Read More“Witness Uganda” is a quintessential American musical — a work of cultural tourism that condemns cultural tourism.
Read MoreThe protagonist may necessarily be passive in the face of his or her diminishing mental condition, but art must rage against the dying of the light.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else