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.
American Repertory Theater
Theater Review: “This Is Who I Am” — Virtual Intimacy
Amir Nizar Zuabi’s engaging drama is a hopeful testament to communication and forgiveness.
Theater Commentary: Where Is Our Rage?
Why are Boston stages reacting so serenely to our current miasmas — pandemical, political, economic, and spiritual.
Theater Review – “Gloria” Squanders an Iconic Life
The main problem with Gloria is its expository storytelling. Events are mostly announced and described rather than recreated.
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.