Theater
This version of the script may be overreaching, but there is promise in M Sloth Levine’s attempt to infuse gender and personal soul-searching into a spooky ‘cartoon’ mystery.
This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.
This is one of the more engaging pieces of theatre I have experienced in some time.
In terms of the joy that theater can provide, this Speakeasy Stage production sets the bar high.
Set in New York in the mid-’50s, “Trouble in Mind” is a backstage dramedy that draws on the genre’s interest in the ambiguities of role-playing to condemn racial bias.
Our theater critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.
Providence-area professional theaters have fared better than most in terms of surviving and rebounding from the pandemic.
My advice: see this show in Boston before it settles into New York for what should be a long run.
As satisfying as this incomplete work is — much like Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” — we can still regret not being able to experience the completed work.
Theater Commentary: Facing Some Hard Truths
The time is overdue for a serious discussion of what is happening (or not happening) in Boston-area theaters. Just don’t expect to see anything in our sheepish mainstream media.
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