In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country — or ought to be.
Gloucester Stage Company
Theater Review: “Wrestling With Freedom” — Invaluable History
The script offers an indispensable vision of American history from the point of view of African women.
Theater Review: “Cyrano” — A Classic, Well Refreshed
With this fun and irreverent staging of Cyrano, GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh has thrown audiences a delightful curve.
Theater Review: “Madame Defarge” — Epic Lite
Director Ellie Heyman and her talented cast have their hands full with this new work because it is, in some ways, a tale of two musicals.
Commentary: Once More, Back to the Little Shop of Horovitz
The strategic silences in the Boston Globe’s piece on the legacy of Israel Horovitz are disturbing.
Theater Commentary: Horovitz and Sexual Harassment — Why Did it Take Over 20 Years?
Does anyone really believe that there is no sexual harassment going on in Boston area theater companies today?
Theater Commentary: Twenty Years Ago — Stonewalling Charges of Sexual Harassment
These articles dramatize, sadly, who was listened to and who wasn’t when sexual allegations were made against playwright Israel Horovitz in the early ’90s.
By Request: Out of the Past — Sexual Harassment, Trouble at the Gloucester Stage Company
Let us hope that today’s revelations will be taken more seriously than charges of sexual harassment and assault were back in 1993.
Theater Review: “Flight of the Monarch” — Grand Local Color
The Gloucester Stage Company is mounting a delightful world premiere production of a superb play.
Theater Review: “Out of the Mouths of Babes” — Memories of a Cad
Israel Horovitz’s latest play delivers some fine moments of comedy as well as some dark revelations about female neediness.
