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Theater Review: “Like Flies” — A Cauldron of Female Fury at Portland Stage

March 11, 2026
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Is anyone surprised that playwrights like Kearnan are creating works that show us women who are resourceful — and ready to fight back against their oppressors?

Theater Review: “You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!” — A Hardy Party

March 11, 2026
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Keiko Green’s play about the end of the world is a robust vaudevillian entertainment.

Stage Interview: Scott Edmiston on Boston’s Changing Theater Scene

March 5, 2026
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“Achieving some sort of balance is key; to capture the heart and soul of who we are, and to present that on our stages, so that we continually challenge audiences and surprise ourselves.”

Theater Review: Gamm’s “Ghosts” — Ibsen’s Domestic Inferno Burns with Contemporary Heat

March 5, 2026
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Director Tony Estrella’s version of Ibsen’s tragedy smooths out an energetic path — the action moves along with compelling alacrity.

Theater Commentary: Theater for Young Audiences — What Role Can It Play In Saving Our Democracy?

February 25, 2026
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Meeting today’s challenge—harnessing the performing arts to prepare the next generation to sustain democracy—requires broader collaboration not only with schools and community partners but among TYA companies themselves.

Theater Review: “We Had a World” — Joshua Harmon’s Family Saga Revels in Wit and Wounds

February 20, 2026
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Joshua Harmon’s play offers numerous instances of familial turbulence, moments of rhapsodic relief and — to avoid spoilers — revelations of how guilt and hostility fuse to create irreparable fissures in the family dynamic.

Theater Review: Penelope’s Patient Power — Aimee Doherty Shines in Lyric’s Intimate Odyssey

February 15, 2026
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The true star of the Lyric Stage production is Aimee Doherty, who is marvelous in the role of Penelope.

Theater Review: “The Moderate” — Ken Urban’s Dazzling, Disquieting Digital Drama

February 10, 2026
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A consistently engaging and engaged, insightful, humorous, scarily moving, polished contemporary drama with a premise to die for.

Theater Feature: Actors — Still Pursuing Their Passion

February 7, 2026
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A new year is beginning, so it is as good a time as any to check in with a few actors with Boston roots or performance experience, to explore what it means to pursue the dream of being an actor in 2026.

Theater Commentary: Live Theater—An Incomparable Art Form

February 7, 2026
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Protecting live theater, along with the other arts that the NEA has supported, is urgent, and it begins, as it did with me, by loving theater, either as a regular member of the audience or as someone onstage or behind the scenes.

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