Theater
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.
” I want to try everything, study everything. I just love this work.”
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.
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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