Joe Calarco

Theater Review: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” — A Not So Subtle Sequel

The action is set in an incongruous and ahistorical no-man’s land, adrift between realistic drama and farce.

Theater Review: A Pretty Ragged “Ragtime”

Barrington Stage director Joe Calarco has come to the material with a radically different production idea.

Hector October 15, 2019 at 8:09 pm on Music Interview: Michael C. Smith on the Boston Caribbean Carnival and How “Culture Lives Here”Good thing some one like Michael C. Smith is working for the heritage of his native culture. Keep it up...
Chris Caggiano October 15, 2019 at 12:30 pm on Theater Review: A Shattering “Slave Play” Rattles Broadway I would be all for that. All about finding the right venue. It would work in the Calderwood, I think....
Bill Marx October 15, 2019 at 12:23 pm on Theater Review: A Shattering “Slave Play” Rattles Broadway For Boston's resolutely cautious theaters, Broadway always knows best. So now that Slave Play is on the Great White Way,...
Glenn Rifkin October 15, 2019 at 11:29 am on WATCH CLOSELY: “El Camino” — Epilogue for an Anti-HeroNicely done review of a film that will be meaningful only to Breaking Bad fans. Though urging viewers to watch...
Penny L. October 14, 2019 at 5:49 pm on Film Review: “Midsommar” — A Feminist GrimoireYou almost had me until your naive conclusion suggesting a nostalgia for an imagined (white) feminist past. As if, somehow,...