Theater
The problem is that John August’s book for the musical lacks most of what made his screenplay for the 2003 film so emotionally resonant for so many.
Read MoreFrom The Deep suggests that Boston’s theater community would be better served if it put more of its resources into presenting the work of local literary talent.
Read MoreCulture Clash’s view of America will discomfort, which is all the more reason that I urge you — strongly — to attend.
Read MoreGeorge C. Wolfe’s 1986 collection of vignettes that spoof and celebrate black stereotypes occasionally plays like reruns from the ’90s TV show In Living Color.
Read MoreIn 1939, Clifford Odets wrote that ‘we are living at a time when new art works should shoot bullets.” Fat chance of any shots coming from our voluntarily disarmed theaters.
Read MoreThis exhilarating Tristan & Yseult shakes us out of our role as passive observers and reminds us of the euphoria and the heartbreak love can bring.
Read MoreCeleste Oliva’s performance is so raw, we experience every doubt, every fear, and watch her confidence slowly evaporate under pressure.
Read MoreThe Lyric Stage is presenting a moving production of Lynn Nottage’s cautionary tale about strength of character tragically misdirected.
Read MoreIn dramatist Nicolas Billon’s enigmatic but involving Greenland, the audience is called on to actively reconstruct what occurred in the characters’ lives.
Read MoreThe King of Second Avenue’s one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.
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