The main problem with Gloria is its expository storytelling. Events are mostly announced and described rather than recreated.
American Repertory Theater
Theater Review: A Musical “Moby-Dick” Lumbers from its Seabed at the A.R.T.
Dave Malloy’s musical version of Moby-Dick shows promise, but he needs to trim plenty of blubber.
Theater Review: Company One’s ‘Greater Good’ Takes Us on a Tour of Privilege. Literally.
Greater Good is a fiercely compelling piece, confronting its audience with a complex exploration of some of the most pressing issues of our day.
Theater Review: The Sense of an “Endlings”
The playwright supplies a memorable encounter between young and old in the play’s final scene, but it is too late to compensate for the superficiality of the Pirandello-lite antics that have come before.
Theater Review: “Othello” at the American Repertory Theater — Un-moored
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of Othello lacks a tragic dimension not because it highlights Othello’s “Otherness,” but because it eschews any vestige of grandeur or nobility.
Theater Review: “Miss You Like Hell” — A Lukewarm Road Trip
This is yet another sentimental exercise in the mechanics of mother/daughter rapprochement
Stage Remembrance: Words on the Death of Alvin Epstein — “Nothing is Left to Tell”
I speak for the legions who benefitted from your friendship and your great energy and talent.
Theater Review: Not So “ExtraOrdinary”
This musical hodgepodge at the American Repertory Theater could be called ‘Let’s Sing About Me (and Me, and Then More About Me).’
Theater Review: “The Black Clown” — Non-stop Vitality
The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb’s stage with an enviable energy.
Stage Commentary: Making Boston Theater Magical Again?
Diverting the resources of Boston’s regional theaters into the casino of Broadway undercuts the ideals that launched the regional theater movement.