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Theater Review: “Allegiance” — Inspiration By-The-Numbers

May 27, 2018
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Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.

Theater Review: “Madame Defarge” — Epic Lite

May 24, 2018
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Director Ellie Heyman and her talented cast have their hands full with this new work because it is, in some ways, a tale of two musicals.

Theater Review: “The Last Act” — Underdone

May 24, 2018
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Joshua Sobol isn’t interested in exploring dramatic possibilities but making sure his equation about the inevitable mechanics of violence works out.

Theater Review: “Elephant” — Truth or Dare

May 16, 2018
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As long as we’re sipping the truth serum wine, the biggest obstacle presented by the Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre production is — itself.

Theater Review: “The Plague” — A Necessary Moral Parable

May 15, 2018
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In a culture that seems hell-bent on distracting us from painful realities, the intimacy of this production comes off as redemptive and inspiring.

Theater Interview: “Fall” — Probing Arthur Miller’s Secret

May 11, 2018
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Why has Bernard Weinraub chosen this secretive chapter of Miller’s life as fodder for his play?

Theater Interview: Adaptor Neil Bartlett on Seeing Your Own Plague in “The Plague”

May 9, 2018
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Albert Camus brings a bracing response to thinking about the worse that is missing in so many of our current dystopias.

Theater Review: “Sex and Other Disturbances” — Rom-Com for the Aging

May 6, 2018
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With sufficient revision, Marisa Smith’s genial farce could well command the rom-com slot virtually every regional and community theater in the world yearns to fill.

Theater Review: “The Women Who Mapped the Stars” — Heroines of the Creative Mind

May 4, 2018
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At the heart of The Women Who Mapped The Stars is a drama about the desire of significant female astronomers to be heard and respected.

Theater Review: “The Sound of Music” — A Robust Revival

May 4, 2018
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A resplendent and spirited revival of The Sound of Music in downtown Boston.

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