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Theater Feature: JAG Productions — Establishing Black Theater in Vermont

June 1, 2017
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JAG Productions’ goal is to stage plays that reflect the lives of African-Americans — in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the nation.

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Theater Review: “Ripcord” — Bittersweet Geriatrics

June 1, 2017
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Yes, Ripcord is candied, but there’s just enough astringency blended in to make the sugar sufficiently tangy.

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Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

May 30, 2017
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4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

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Theater Review: “Fuente Ovejuna” — An Underwhelming Revival

May 26, 2017
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Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Dream of a Midsummer Night

May 24, 2017
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Mortals would be foolish to miss the ASP’s version of Shakespeare’s Dream.

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New York Theater Review: Storytime — “Venus” and “The Antipodes”

May 24, 2017
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Two plays from major American dramatists interrogate how we come up with the stories we tell about ourselves.

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Theater Review: “Kunstler” — A Radical for the Defense

May 23, 2017
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Barrington Stage has kicked off its summer season with a smart, funny, and very timely show about radical defense attorney William Kunstler.

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Theater Commentary: “Trumpismo avant la lettre” and the Elliot Norton Awards

May 22, 2017
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Hypnotized by celebrity and the monied class, our stage critics have become a gaggle of cheerleaders, feckless enough to call Diane Paulus a “visionary.”

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Theater Review: “Arrabal” — The Triumph of the Tango

May 20, 2017
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In essence, Arrabal is a celebration of Argentina’s wonderful dance tradition, the Tango.

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Theater Review: “Dead Man’s Diary” — Dare to Enter

May 17, 2017
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This production’s approach to Bulgakov’s source material is refreshing in its directness; it’s also bursting with visual and auditory inventiveness.

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