A valentine card is touching because it is short and sweet. A valentine play — even at 90 minutes with no intermission — wears out its affectionate welcome.
Central Square Theater
Theater Review: “Vanity Fair: An (Im-)morality Play” — Amoral Fun Galore!
Underground Railway Theater has a runaway hit. You’ll never see a show quite like it. It’s bold, ridiculous, and very risky.
Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Crucible” — Burn, Baby, Burn
Bedlam’s provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose — to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst.
Theater Review: “The Women Who Mapped the Stars” — Heroines of the Creative Mind
At the heart of The Women Who Mapped The Stars is a drama about the desire of significant female astronomers to be heard and respected.
Theater Review: “Proof” — Missed Moments of Power
This Proof’s weakness comes from the thinness of its lead performances.
Theater Review: “The Revolutionists” — Comedy During the Reign of Terror
Director Courtney O’Connor, the Nora Theatre, and its skilled cast do right by this hilarious historical comedy.
Theater Review: “Paradise” — A Fascinating Culture Clash
Paradise‘s central conflict and the performances in the Underground Railway Theater production are damn good.
Theater Review” “Intimate Exchanges” — Semi-furious Comic Froth
It’s good fun and, for a while at least, it’s interesting to watch the actors fulfill the play’s impish demands.
Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Marjorie Prime” — A Futuristic Misfire
Marjorie Prime explores the complex connections generated among four family members as they attempt to make sense of grief.
Theater Review: Bedlam’s Transfixing, Twinned Twelfth Nights
There is nothing quite so exhilarating as watching Shakespeare done right – except, perhaps, watching one of his plays done right, twice.