black odyssey boston is a fearless, funny, and fraught reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey as the story of the African-American diasporic experience.
Theater
Theater Review: “Cry It Out” — The Power of Friendship
Cry It Out is a well-done dramedy that suggests that we try harder to let life’s sweet moments linger.
Theater News: There Goes the Neighborhood — Gold Dust Orphans to Lose their Fenway Home
“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”
Theater Review: “School Girls” — Teaching Lessons
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a serious comedy that takes aim at our provinciality and ignorance.
Theater Review: Another View of “Indecent” — Flat and Obvious
In the case of a scene set in the Lodz Ghetto, the lineup of characters on the way to the concentration camps veered, for me, close to Holocaust porn.
Theater Review: “Caroline, or Change” — In Purgatory, All Souls Are Tested
This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.
Theater Review: “Indecent” — A Dangerous World for People of Faith
Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.
Theater Review: “Ink” Leaves Its Stain on Broadway
James Graham’s new play almost evokes sympathy for the devil. Almost.
Theater Review: “Trigger Warning” — Not Quite Explosive
As Zeitgeist Stage Company closes its doors, it’s hard not to wonder, with some bitterness, what our plucky local small-scale theater troupes would be able to accomplish if they had the resources they need.
Theater Review: “Beetlejuice” Bombards Broadway
Beetlejuice may not be the blockbuster its creators are hoping for, but it is occasionally humorous and rarely dull.