Given Dickens’ penny-a-word driven verbosity and his fondness for resolving every plot point with a flurry of coincidences, adapter McEleney seems undecided: is this history play a tragedy or a farce?
Mary Paula Hunter
Theater Review: August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” — The Culture We Build
The message of August Wilson’s final play: the future rests not on the number of Whole Foods we build but on the culture we value.
Dance Highlights 2019
The dance revolution of the 1960s and 70s seems to be making a comeback as dancers think about making their performances less artificial, more “natural.”
Dance Review: “Dances by Isadora” — Freedom to Move
A passion for authenticity characterized this mesmerizing program from beginning to end.
Theater Review: BalletX — Plenty of Spunk
Here was another (all-too) typical example of ballet companies reinforcing a patriarchy that hardly reflects the number of women in their ranks.
Theater Review: Gamm Theatre’s “The Night Watch” — Living With Fear
The Night Watch supplies a powerful kickoff for the Gamm Theatre’s 2019 season.
Favorite Dance Performances of 2018
Our critics pick some of the highlights of the year in dance.
Dance Review: “Have You Seen Me” – More Dance, Less Message
An intriguing cross-disciplinary concept gave birth to a pallid, underrehearsed production.
Dance Review: DanzAbierta’s “MalSon” — Retrograde
We were reminded of how difficult it is to create an evening-length’s choreography without a storyline, musical structure, or a well-developed concept
Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre Group’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” — Surreal Meltdown
The WTG production succeeds largely because it heightens the absurdity of a play that takes a comic look at catastrophe.