Theater
Is it possible to separate the art from the artist or, in the case of Rhode Island’s Contemporary Theater Company, the artist’s husband?
If there is power in being invited, for the space of 80 minutes, to suspend our fear of where things are going, this show is a place where we can feel safe to do just that.
“Job” is not so much a game of cat-and-mouse as a highly pressurized coffee klatch.
“Library Lion,” wonderfully staged by Adam Theater, marks the arrival of a new and welcome addition to the Boston theater scene.
“Wonder” aspires to make us more empathetic and to help us “choose kind.”
Our critics salute the year’s outstanding productions, with some commentary on the state of the art.
The 2025 version of the Revels once again fills historic Sanders Theatre with comedy and music, while at the same time encouraging us to reflect on the things that are important in life — family, love, and the peaceful solitude of a cold winter’s night.
Two versions of “Hedda Gabler” — one gratifying, the other gauche.
One of the great playwrights of the 20th century, Tom Stoppard wrote to entertain, but with intellectual rigor.
Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger
Sometimes the stranger is someone who is very well known to us, like a father whose strange ways include a devotion to a certain story about a childhood in Wales.
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