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Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Marjorie Prime” — A Futuristic Misfire

September 19, 2016
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Marjorie Prime explores the complex connections generated among four family members as they attempt to make sense of grief.

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Stage Feature: TW Festival’s David Kaplan on Beyond Success — Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams

September 17, 2016
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Once Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams achieved success, they wanted to take on themes in their plays that challenged audiences.

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Theater Review: “Cry Havoc” — The Bard on War, and the Pity of War

September 15, 2016
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Cry Havoc’s message: We expend energy in preparing young men and women for war, but no effort in re-engaging them into the life of not-war.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Eight by Tenn” — Tennessee Williams’ Miraculous Miniatures

September 13, 2016
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Eight by Tenn offers eight stories whose psychological depths and linguistic riches rival those of most full-length plays.

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Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

September 12, 2016
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Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

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Theater Review: Bread & Puppet’s “Whatforward Circus” — Agit-Prop, But Imaginative

September 8, 2016
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Bread & Puppet Theater’s world of anthropomorphized trees and talking toilets is often funny, sometimes beautiful, and always memorable.

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Theater Review: “Autumn Stage” — Being and Plenty of Nothingness

September 8, 2016
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By the end, Autumn Stage comes off as a pint-sized No Exit.

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Theater Review: “Blasted” — A Splendidly Visceral Wake-up Call

September 7, 2016
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There is little doubt in my mind that this powerful production of Blasted will be one of the high points in Boston theater this year.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Company” — What We Sing About When We Sing About Love

September 5, 2016
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There’s a lot of love in the Lyric Stage Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Tony Award winning show, Company.

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Theater Review: “About Clarence & Me” — Dreams of Friendship

September 2, 2016
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About Clarence & Me looks tenderly … perhaps too tenderly …at some pertinent contemporary issues.

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