Maytag Virgin accomplishes what it sets out to do and then some: it is a compelling two-hander about grief and romance that explores how the two emotions can intermingle.
Theater
Theater Review: “Timon of Athens” — Greed is not Good
Timon is a fascinating, if lumpy and bumpy, black comedy with a nihilistic sting, a lacerating parable about how the worship of gold warps individuals and society.
Theater Review: “The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes” — Cognitive Play
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes suggests some marvelous possibilities.
Arts Remembrance: Homage to Claudio Roditi
Apart from Claudio Roditi’s musical skill, what stood out was his warmth.
Theater Review: “The Undoing of Prudencia Hart” — Lost in Spaciness
Unfortunately, no improvements to the staging will clarify dramatist David Greig’s muddled storyline.
Theater Review: “Pass Over” — An Unforgiving World
If one of the aims of art is to create a distinctively imaginative world, than Pass Over succeeds in generating a landscape of devastation, a hopeless place filled with gaping wounds and visible scars.
Theater Review: “The Effect” — Beware the Nasty Side Effects
The Effect is about the brain, pharmaceuticals, and how little we know about each.
Theater Review: “The Cake” — Thoughtfully Baked
Dramatist Bekah Brunstetter sidesteps easy answers and pat revelations to produce a nuanced comedy about people coming to terms with who they are and where they are from.
Theater Interview: Tony-winning actress Kelli O’Hara — Broadway is not Enough
” I want to try everything, study everything. I just love this work.”
Arts Commentary: WBUR’s Clogged “ARTery”
Every organization in the Barr Foundation’s charmed circle — large arts groups and The ARTery — have a financial stake in reinforcing the belief that the Barr’s money is being put to supremely successful use.