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Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — The Weight of the World

March 12, 2018
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Adrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.

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Theater Review: “Guards at the Taj” — The Price of Possibility

March 10, 2018
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Dramatist Rajiv Joseph probes the gentle sides of masculinity as well as the intertwined power of beauty and terror.

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Theater Review: Playing “The White Card”

March 7, 2018
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The White Card‘s examination of white philanthropy and racism stays well within the comfort zone.

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Theater Review: “Winter Solstice” — The Neo-Nazi Who Came For Christmas

March 5, 2018
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Schimmelpfennig’s Winter Solstice is an important play by a major playwright.

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Theater Review: “Ripe Frenzy” — American Guns

March 3, 2018
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Playwright Jennifer Barclay has created the perfect vehicle for generating a discussion about safety in our communities.

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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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