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Theater Review: “Relativity” — Albert Einstein, A Monster of a Genius

November 1, 2016
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Mark St. Germain’s drama is not about Cold War politics, but the question of whether a great man is (or need be) a good man.

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Theater Review: “The Scottsboro Boys” — A Musical That Matters

November 1, 2016
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The musical is a relentless, one hour and fifty minute excursion into the history of racial bias in America, from the cotton fields to the Civil Rights movement.

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Theater Review: “Warrior Class” — Political Tragedy or Farce?

October 30, 2016
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Though Kenneth Lin wrote Warrior Class in 2012, it is easy to see its resonances with the 2016 election cycle.

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Theater Review: “Tiger Style!” — Theatrical Silly Putty

October 29, 2016
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Tiger Style! blows by like a whirlwind — wordy, frivolous, and ultimately unsatisfying.

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Theater Review: Missing the Irony in “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.”

October 27, 2016
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Alice Birch’s play/polemic about radical feminism resists Company One’s earnest-to-the-max interpretation.

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Theater Preview: Melinda Lopez — A Life in the Theater

October 25, 2016
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“Theater is my pathway to sanity,” Melinda Lopez explains.

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Theater Review: “Abigail/1702” — Beat the Devil?

October 21, 2016
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Despite an appearance by Satan, this is not all that frightening a yarn for Halloween, but the MRT’s production is absorbing nonetheless.

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Theater Review: Paul Zaloom’s “White Like Me” — Madman on a Mission

October 21, 2016
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It’s the wild mind of puppeteer Paul Zaloom that’s really on display here.

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Theater Review: Sarah Ruhl’s “Court Life” — A Losing Match

October 20, 2016
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Sarah Ruhl attempts, but fails, to discover illuminating similarities between the powerful then and now.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Extraordinarily Meta-“Hamlet”

October 18, 2016
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In this innovative production, Hamlet comes off as Shakespeare’s most successful genre mash-up of tragedy and comedy.

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