This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.
Theater
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.
Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish
“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety.”
Theater Review: “American Moor” — Lasting Impressions
American Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, into the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail.
Theater Review: “The Clearing” — Timely Historical Drama
The Clearing pulls off an impressive challenge for a historical drama: it examines humanity’s weakness in the face of prejudice in a way that is not only faithful to the time period but unmistakably timely.
Theater News: IRNE@23 — Boisterous Irreverence
The IRNE event did what it has done for decades: cast a warm glow on a vibrant local theater scene and those who are dedicated to entertain, astonish, and inspire.
Theater Review: “The Haunted Life”– The Lyricism of Jack Kerouac’s Formative Years
It’s Shakespeare in Lowell –the stage piled with ghostly corpses, the heroes all dead, the young bard in mourning.