American Repertory Theater
Cinematic in inspiration, Diane Paulus’s direction whips up terse bursts of adolescent energy, tapping into a cocky hunger for self-destructive combat.
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The late Robert Brustein’s shadow is long. But his legacy is problematic.
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“The Half-God of Rainfall” is a challenging journey relayed in a memorable production that will resonate with you for a long time.
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If the production sends at least some of the audience members back to the magnificent poetry of The Canterbury Tales, it would have done a mitzvah.
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year haunted by COVID.
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The most mesmerizing characters in this stunningly visual production are brilliant life-size puppets.
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This stunning, brand new production of UK’s Life of Pi is stopping in Cambridge for a month or so before sailing down to Broadway.
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Anna Deveare Smith’s examination of racism in America remains powerful, 30 years on.
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This revival of 1776 tries to strike a culture wars balance, celebrating the country’s commitment to independence while also here and there skewering the idealized images and blatant hypocrisies of America’s patriarchal founders.
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Theater Commentary: “1776” — American Theater Jigs as Democracy Dies?
Maybe I am an alarmist and the rich and powerful know something the rest of us don’t. Perhaps the midterms will not put another nail in the coffin of democracy. Apparently, it will be business as usual for the A.R.T. and other American theaters — until it can’t be.
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