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A Civil War Christmas

Coming Attractions in Theater: November 2009

By Bill Marx Somewhere an enterprising graduate student is working on a trenchant study of the correlation between holiday stage entertainment and the American economy. When things were looking bright and profitable the shows became cynical and comic, with mischievous elves placing whoopee cushions under our delusions of good cheer. Now that unemployment is high […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: A Civil War Christmas, American Repertory Theater, Best of Both Worlds, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston-Conservatory, Charlestown Working Theater, Donald Margulies, Huntington Theater Company, John Kuntz, Lyric stage company of boston, Machinal, November theater picks, Out on the Edge, Paula-Vogel, Shipwrecked!, Theater Offensive, Zeitgeist Stage Company

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