Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.
Christopher Caggiano
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: A Three-Hour “Bright Room Called Day” Befuddles at the Public Theater
Tony Kushner attempts a re-write of his first professional play. The results are decidedly mixed.
Theater Review: “Come From Away” — A Heartening Tale of Human Connection
Come From Away is more than just a rousing and heart-warming 100 minutes of theatrical entertainment. It’s a poignant reminder, and celebration, of what we’re all capable of as people.
Opera Review: A Decolonized “Magic Flute” by the Isango Ensemble
What if you took canonical Western works and reimagined them from an African perspective?
Theater Review: “Linda Vista” on Broadway Upends the Male Midlife Crisis
Dramatist Tracy Letts’s new play is raw, funny, and intensely personal.
Theater Review: “SpongeBob” Tour in Boston Is Hardly Absorbing
This is a non-union production, and that means the actors are being paid a fraction of what they would be getting if the tour were offering performers a union contract.
Theater Review: A Shattering “Slave Play” Rattles Broadway
Jeremy O. Harris’s bold new play is wildly provocative and hysterically funny.
Theater Review: ArtsEmerson Presents the Exhilarating “Passengers”
The latest show from circus troupe The 7 Fingers is both intimate and gasp-inducing.
Theater Review: “Hello, Dolly!” in Boston a Welcome Confection
The national tour of the smash-hit revival retains much of the charm of the original.