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Arts Emerson

Theater Review: “A Brimful of Asha” — Trying to Bridge the Generation Gap

The conversation between Ravi and his mother is funny, engaging, and often illuminating; their real life bond is palpable as the pair try to reconcile the young man’s hopes and dreams with his Indian heritage.

By: Erik Nikander Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Brimful of Asha, Arts Emerson, Asha Jain, Erik Nikander, Ravi Jain

Theater Review: “Detroit Red” — Life in Boston, At the Bottom

While there is much to admire about Detroit Red’s script, there are serious problems with the staging.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Detroit Red, Malcolm X, Robert Isreal, Will Power

Theater Review: “The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes” — Cognitive Play

The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes suggests some marvelous possibilities.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Back to Back Theatre, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes

Theater Review: ArtsEmerson Presents the Exhilarating “Passengers”

The latest show from circus troupe The 7 Fingers is both intimate and gasp-inducing.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Christopher Caggiano, Passengers, The 7 Fingers

Theater Review: “American Moor” — Lasting Impressions

American Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, into the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Moor, Arts Emerson, Keith Hamilton Cobb

Theater Review: “An Inspector Calls” — Upper Class Downfall

J. B. Priestly’s shallow characterizations keep his vision of moneyed skullduggery mundane rather than monstrous.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An Inspector Calls, Arts Emerson, Robert Israel

Theater Review: “Ada/Ava” — Puppetry Meets Technology

Ada/Ava is an impressive theatrical feat that finds a new, and invigorating, way of telling a story on stage.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Ada/Ava, Arts Emerson, Drew Dir, gothic, Manual Cinema, Multimedia, puppetry, shadow puppets

Theater Review: “Kiss” and Don’t Tell

The bottom line is that we simply aren’t given a requisite sense of the play’s embrace of tragedy.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, David Dower, Guillermo Calderón, KISS

Theater Review: Rock Critic Lester Bangs — A Welcome Rebel Yell

Lester Bangs insisted that, at its best, rock was an act of pure rebellion, a liberation from the prison of respectability.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Rock, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Erik Jensen, How to Be a Rock Critic, Jessica Blank, Lester Bangs, rock critic

Theater Review: A Very Winning “Beauty Queen of Leenane”

The Druid Theatre Company staging shows what amazing things happens when a group of artists work together fully and completely .

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Aisling O'Sullivan, Arts Emerson, David Greenham, Druid Theatre Company, Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen, Martin McDonagh, The Beauty Queen of Leenane

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