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Theater Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Dogfight” — Kudos All Around

May 15, 2016
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Director Paul Daigneault and SpeakEasy Stage have a hit on their hands

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Theater Review: “RoosevElvis” — Antic Americana

May 13, 2016
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RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.

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Theater Review: Zeitgeist Stage’s “A Great Wilderness” — Revelations in the Woods

May 11, 2016
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A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself — that he has probably wasted his life.

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Theater Review: “Freud’s Last Session” — Dramatically Repressed

May 9, 2016
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When it comes to dramatic debate, balanced parry and thrust are paramount.

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Theater Review: “Legally Blind: The Helen Keller Musical” — Burlesque, Visually Impaired

May 6, 2016
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Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.

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Theater Review: “Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary” — Heartfelt History

April 30, 2016
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Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary is at its most theatrically gripping when Marissa Chibas is caught up in her memories.

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Theater Review: Anne Washburn’s “Antlia Pneumatica” — All Sound and No Dramatic Fury

April 28, 2016
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Long stretches of the evening ask the audience to listen to annoying children’s voices in the dark.

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Theater Review: “Oh God” – Psychoanalysis Saves The World!

April 27, 2016
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Maureen Keiller and Will Lyman have performed numerous staged readings of Oh God and their intimate knowledge of the text shows.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project Serves Up a Genial “School for Scandal”

April 23, 2016
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The School for Scandal hasn’t dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Historia de Amor” at ArtsEmerson — Daring and Unsparing Theater

April 22, 2016
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Based on a graphic novel, the brilliant Historia de Amor is unrelenting in its darkness. It’s as if we’re swimming in a pool of India ink.

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