Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson’s searing poetic vision.
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Theater Review: “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” — Bearing the Weight
Kirsten Greenidge’s epic comic drama is a spot-on examination of the challenges changing times pose to evolving families.
Theater Review: “The Bluest Eye” — Pieces of a Classic
Dramatist Lydia R. Diamond makes an honorable effort to adapt Toni Morrison’s novel to the stage, but with mixed results.
Theater Review: “Hurricane Diane” — A Whimper Rather than a Whirlwind
Madeleine George’s uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,
Theater Review: “Black Beans Project” — Tasting Togetherness
The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we’re in.
Theater Commentary: Who’s Agitating for a “Green New Theatre”?
The arrival of Groundwater Arts suggests the birth of efforts to organize artists and others to press cultural organizations to take meaningful action on the climate crisis.
Theater Commentary: Where Is Our Rage?
Why are Boston stages reacting so serenely to our current miasmas — pandemical, political, economic, and spiritual.
Theater Review: “Sweat” — Icarus’s Children
For me, Sweat hits its riveting stride in its second half, when the pressures of the strike tests the relationships of its working class characters.
Theater Review: “Quixote Nuevo” — The Impossible Trauma
Octavio Solis’ Quixote Nuevo, is a genial, and very American, riff on Don Quixote.
Theater Review: “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” — Absurdist Death Pangs
Much ado about nihilism.