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Theater Review: Regicide in the Chapel — Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s “Richard III”

February 23, 2018
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Steven Barkhimer’s mastery of the role’s physicality is the key to his expression of its villainy.

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Theater Review: “for colored girls …” — A Welcome Reprise

February 23, 2018
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Shange’s nervy mix of wordplay and in-your-face didacticism — of resilience in the face of hardship — is very much the empowering thing.

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Theater Review: “Lost Laughs” — The Rise and Fall of a Silent Star

February 22, 2018
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Lost Laughs is an absorbing examination of the dark side of American celebrity.

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Theater Review: Peterborough Players’s “Ripcord” — Arguing for a Full Life

February 17, 2018
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David Lindsay-Abaire’s tightly woven comic script celebrates the everyday relationships that make up an argument for a full life.

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Theater Review: “Hype Man” — Art Versus Politics

February 16, 2018
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At a lean ninety minutes long, the play tackles too many big issues to do them justice.

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Theater Review: “An Education in Prudence” — An Admirable History Lesson

February 15, 2018
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An Education in Prudence offers fascinating glimpses into a repressed episode in American history.

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Theater Feature: Northern Stage Announces Winners of $1.25 Million Grant to Support Women in Theater

February 8, 2018
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According to Wellesley Centers for Women study, women hold only 20% of the artistic leadership positions in America’s regional theaters.

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Rialto Round-Up: Adieu to the One and Only Larry Coen

February 7, 2018
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To be with Larry was to be part of his family. If you passed muster, you were friends for life. And Larry had a LOT of friends….

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Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre Group’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” — Surreal Meltdown

February 5, 2018
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The WTG production succeeds largely because it heightens the absurdity of a play that takes a comic look at catastrophe.

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Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Two Cheers for Solipsism

February 4, 2018
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A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.

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