The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we’re in.
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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.
Theater Review: “Indecent” — A Dangerous World for People of Faith
Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.
Theater Review: HTC’s “Romeo and Juliet” — A Seamless Marriage between Old and New
The HTC’s Romeo and Juliet may be dressed in modern trappings, but the play’s elemental heart and soul are left fully intact.
Theater Review: Return to “A Doll’s House”? — You Can’t Go Home Again
A Doll’s House, Part 2 comes off as a return to the barn — after the door has fallen off its hinges.
Theater Review: “Man in the Ring” — A Precipitous Fall
Acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Michael Cristofer’s script is very open about portraying Emile Griffith’s sexuality.