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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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Theater Review: A Provocative “Threesome” from Apollinaire Theatre Company

April 20, 2016
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Threesome is sharply written, bitingly funny, and ultimately devastating.

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Theater Review: Theatre Nohgaku — Noh Plays With and Without an American Accent

April 19, 2016
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Zahdi Dates and Poppies demonstrates that the formal aspects of Noh can be adapted to contemporary American themes.

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Theater Feature: Willing Suspension Productions Celebrates “The Sea Voyage” and a Glorious Anniversary

April 15, 2016
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Willing Suspension Productions serves as a valuable counter-balance to American academia’s Shakespeare-centric curriculum.

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Theater Review: “Mr. Burns” at the Lyric Stage — Not so Electrifying

April 14, 2016
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Anne Washburn has a number of good ideas in this play, but the execution falls short.

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Theater Review: “Can You Forgive Her?” — Not Really

April 12, 2016
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Gina Gionfriddo’s would-be black comedy about the American worship of money and status is a misfire on all levels.

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