Theater
The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.
The Berkshire Theatre Group production of “Metamorphoses” is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.
Chris Grace invites us to think about mortality with him, to learn something from his stories, and to share a few heartwarming laughs along the way.
The play eventually packs a wallop, but it drags its feet at the start.
The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.
Given all the chaos and violence around us, isn’t it a mite too late for a subtle play like “Our Town” to be considered a “primal scream?”
“If my work does have a recurrent theme, it is the pressure of the political/historical moment on individual choice.”
Playwright Eboni Booth won last year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this script, and it is a heartwarming, well-constructed, one-act.
What has made for a successful life in the theater? Living by the values Vincent Murphy imbibed as a member of Boston Children’s Theatre in the ’60s: “cooperation, creativity, listening, and play.”
Once again, the innovative CST/Catalyst Collaborative@MIT project proves that there are inspiring stories of women’s contributions to science that need to be told.
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