Theater
Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.
Dave Malloy’s musical version of Moby-Dick shows promise, but he needs to trim plenty of blubber.
Queen Mab’s premiere production is an energetic, 80-minute, one-man performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This year’s Revels is more than a parade of Christmas songs and stories that tap deep into America’s European and African past.
The spirit of Oliver! explodes on stage here, and that is a credit to the ambitions of this company.
Tony Kushner attempts a re-write of his first professional play. The results are decidedly mixed.
Ken Ludwig’s stage version of Murder on the Orient Express is an enjoyable diversion.
Few critics proclaimed that the emperor was naked as a jaybird with as much savvy panache.
Octavio Solis’ Quixote Nuevo, is a genial, and very American, riff on Don Quixote.
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.
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