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Theater Review: “The Light in the Piazza” — In Love with Love, Ironies Be Damned

May 23, 2025
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The lush, lyrical, and demanding score is the main attraction, and the excellent Huntington Theatre Company cast is, for the most part, up to the challenge of singing it.

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Theater Review: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” — Honoring a Sacred Space for Black Women

May 15, 2025
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The beauty of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at this political moment is that it provides a firsthand rebuttal to the current administration’s draconian policies  — without ever directly acknowledging them.

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Theater Review: “The Obligation to Live” — Defying the Machinery of Death

April 25, 2025
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The emphasis of the B&P troupe has become increasingly apocalyptic: the struggle we are engaged in is for nothing less than the preservation of our planet, and for the preservation of our individual — and collective ––hearts and minds.

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Theater Commentary: Star-Driven Plays Are Raking It in on Broadway — “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Good Night, and Good Luck”

April 10, 2025
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Prices for Broadway tickets are out of control. But that’s not stopping people from buying them — provided they get to see the right Hollywood stars.

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Theater Review: “Carousel” — One More Spin of the Wheel

April 6, 2025
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Despite all the Boston Lyric Opera pageantry and talent, “Carousel”‘s trip to the 21st century turns out to be bumpy.

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Theater Review: “Her Portmanteau” — Unpacking Emotional Baggage

April 4, 2025
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This is the most slickly engaging of Mfoniso Udofia’s scripts so far, its domestic melodrama enlivened by welcome humor, detailed characterizations, and moments of pathos.

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Theater Review: “Don’t Eat the Mangos” — Women Battling Repression and Superstition

April 3, 2025
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The Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Don’t Eat the Mangos” commands attention with its blend of entertainment and enlightenment.

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Theater Reviews: “Operation Mincemeat” and “Buena Vista Social Club” Reflect a Banner Year for Broadway Musicals

April 3, 2025
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A clever British import and a soulful Cuban music-fest reflect a season that delivers the full range of musical storytelling Broadway’s been missing

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Theater Review: “Night Side Songs” — A Powerful Musical About the Kingdom of the Sick

April 1, 2025
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Ace performances help make Night Side Songs a rich and moving experience, compounded by the fact that it is valuable to be in a room full of empathy and love in these trying times.

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Theater Review: “The Triumph of Love” — A Gender Bender of a French Farce

March 31, 2025
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“The Triumph of Love” lacks the physical comedy and swift action that usually characterize a farce. Here the dialogue is the action. 

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