Theater
Critical to the success of “Cost of Living” is playwright Martyna Majok’s refusal to resort to tropes about people with disabilities and those who care for them.
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Bob Dylan’s music has rarely been more heartbreaking, his poetic storytelling rarely more beguiling, and the singing never less nasal.
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The energizing force of this production comes from the students and, more specifically, the cohort of young women in the cast, each of whom is excellent.
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The weight of the masterpiece on the other side of the kitchen door is ever-present, and it casts a smothering shadow on this lighter drama.
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If only “Becoming a Man”‘s pathos were less streamlined, its theatricality more ambitious.
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Must the stage only discreetly charm the bourgeoisie?
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The musical’s focus on truth in journalism resonates in our post-2016, “fake news,” and Artificial Intelligence-saturated environment.
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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.
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This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.
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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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