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Theater Review: “Brundibár” and “But The Giraffe!” Serious Theater for Young People

April 2, 2014
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The Underground Railway Theater production shows that sometimes children’s theater is capable of a moral depth (perhaps even a fearlessness) that adult theater often avoids.

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Stage Preview: See Me, Hear Me — Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble

March 29, 2014
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Israel’s Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble, whose name translates to “Do Touch,” is on a U.S. tour that included a side visit to the White House.

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Theater Review: A Languid “Seagull” at the Huntington Theatre Company

March 27, 2014
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I do not remember disliking the characters in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as much as I did in this production.

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Theater Review: Beached in the Living Room — “The Whale”

March 19, 2014
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Unlike much of what comes through the new play development pipeline, “The Whale” proffers a coherent narrative structure — the result is a well-crafted, somewhat edgy, domestic tragedy.

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Theater Interview: Swiss Playwright Jérôme Richer on Questioning “The Real Meaning of Words”

March 11, 2014
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“Everybody has the power to change the world because we’re a part of it. Even if it’s a really small change, it needs to be done. Writing is my pebble in this path.” – Jérôme Richer

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Theater Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Too Much Clutter, Too Little Poetry

March 8, 2014
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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.

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Theater Review: A First-Rate “Flick” From Company One

March 3, 2014
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In “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.

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New York Theater Round Up: “Intimacy,” “Stage Kiss,” and “Love and Information”

February 28, 2014
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A trio of superb off Broadway plays explore the complicated faces of love and lust — from the seamy to the sublime.

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Theater Commentary: On “Absence” and the Presence of Understudies

February 27, 2014
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I had the opportunity to see two performances of Peter M. Floyd’s Absence at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

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Theater Review: A Moderately Powerful “Death of a Salesman” from The Lyric Stage Company

February 25, 2014
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A lack of dramatic combustion sometimes makes the Lyric Stage Company production, despite its intelligent detail, more staidly melodramatic than it should be.

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