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American Repertory Theater

Theater Review: “The Wife of Willesden” — Pleasantly Bawdy

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.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A.R.T., American Repertory Theater, Chaucer, Indhu Rubasingham, middle ages, The Wife of Willesden, Wife of Bath, Zadie Smith

Theater Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2022

Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year haunted by COVID.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Bill-Marx, Bob Israel, Carlos Uriona, David Greenham, Double Edge Theate, Double Edge Theatre Company, Joe-Turners-Come-and-Gone, Rites, Sea Sick, Stacy Klein, The Hidden Territories of the Bacchae, The Huntington Theatre Company, The Life of Pi, The New Galileos

Visual Arts Feature: “Life of Pi” — Imagination by Design at The A.R.T.

The most mesmerizing characters in this stunningly visual production are brilliant life-size puppets.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Theater, Visual Arts Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Life of Pi, Lolita Chakra, Max Webster, Puppets

Theater Review: “Life of Pi” — An Enchantingly Theatrical Ocean Voyage

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Ada Dixit, American Repertory Theater, Life of Pi, Lolita Chakra, Max Webster

Theater Review: “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” — “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”

Anna Deveare Smith’s examination of racism in America remains powerful, 30 years on.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Anna Deavere Smith, Taibi Magar, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992

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.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: 1776, American Repertory Theater, Diane Paulus

Theater Review: “1776” — Still an Egg in the Theatrical Incubator

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: 1776, American Repertory Theater, David Greenham, Diane Paulus, Jeffrey L. Page

Theater Review: “Macbeth in Stride” — Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues? Not Really

As sure as “the crow/Makes wing to the rooky wood,” Mrs. Macbeth is going to fall tragically short when it comes to being an inspirational role model for marginalized females everywhere.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Bill-Marx, Macbeth in Stride, Taibi Magar, Tyler Dobrowsky, Whitney White

Dance Review: Magic Afoot

Energizing, joyful, expert, close to sure-fire, Chasing Magic was a great choice to reopen A.R.T. after the long pandemic shutdown.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Ayodele Casel, Chasing Magic, Crystal Monee Hall, Torya Beard

Theater Commentary: Who’s Agitating for a “Green New Theatre”?

The arrival of Groundwater Arts suggests the birth of efforts to organize artists and others to press cultural organizations to take meaningful action on the climate crisis.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green New Theatre, Groundwater Arts, harvard-university, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Theatre Communications Group

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