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Gloucester Stage Company

Theater Review: “Reparations” — A Message Well Delivered

As the play ends, all four characters have a clear understanding of their marching orders. But will they — or we — act on them?

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, James Sheldon., Myriam Cyr, Reparations

Theater Review: “Seared” — A Recipe for Comedy

Theresa Rebeck’s foodie comedy Seared is more of an amiable appetizer than a substantial entree.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Food, Review, Theater Tagged: Gloucester Stage Company, Seared, Theresa Rebeck, Victoria Gruenberg

Theater Review: “Tiny Beautiful Things” — A Memorable Search for Answers

The GSC production of Tiny Beautiful Things supplies a 90-minute catharsis, an opportunity to deal with all we’ve bottled up over the last 15 months or so.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Celeste Oliva, drian Peguero, Gloucester Stage Company, Kelly Chick, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Nael Nacer, Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things

Theater Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” — Truth and Consequences

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, The Lifespan of a Fact

Theater Review: “Wrestling With Freedom” — Invaluable History

The script offers an indispensable vision of American history from the point of view of African women.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Gloucester Stage Company, Jacqui Parker, Phillis Wheatley, Wrestling With Freedom

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Andrea Goldman, Cyrano, David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, Jeremiah Kissel, Robert Walsh

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, Madame Defarge, musical, Wendy Kesselman

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.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: boston-globe, Don Aucoin, Gloucester Stage Company, Israel Horovitz, Sexual Harassment

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?

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: boston-globe, Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester Times, Israel Horovitz, sexual abuse, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment

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: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: boston-globe, Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester Times, Israel Horovitz, sexual abuse, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment

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