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Melinda-Lopez

Theater Review: “Young Nerds of Color” — Making the Invisible Visible

Young Nerds of Color feels like a bit of an experiment, and it is the kind of creative research that we should hope will continue.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Dawn M. Simmons, Melinda-Lopez, Underground Railway Theater, Young Nerds of Color

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Joel Perez, Melinda-Lopez, The Black Beans Project

Theater Review: “Yerma” — The Tragic Power of Desire

Melinda Lopez’s superb new translation of Yerma makes the language of the play approachable, even conversational, without losing the beauty of Lorca’s poetry.

By: Erik Nikander Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Huntington Theater Company, Melia Bensussen, Melinda-Lopez, Yerma

Theater Preview: Homage to Federico García Lorca

A newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico García Lorca.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: David Kaplan, Doña Rosita the Spinster, Federico Garcia Lorca, Melinda-Lopez, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Yerma

Theater Review: “Grand Concourse” — You Gotta Have Faith

Oscar (Alejandro Simoes), Shelley (Melinda Lopez), Emma (Ally Dawson), and Frog (Thomas Derrah) light the cake.

Grand Concourse does wondrous things: it encourages us ponder our own growth toward faith while emphasizing with the struggles of others.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bridget Kathleen O’Leary, Grand Concourse, Heidi Schreck, Melinda-Lopez, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Thomas Derrah

Theater Preview: Melinda Lopez — A Life in the Theater

“Theater is my pathway to sanity,” Melinda Lopez explains.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: ArtsEmerson, Mala, Melinda-Lopez

Theater Review: “Back the Night” — A Strong Play about Sexual Assault on Campus

No one I know is neutral about this kind of material and I was pleased to watch a play that did not shrink from its many complexities and challenges.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Back the Night, Boston Playwrights' Theater, Culture Vulture, Daniela Varon, Melinda-Lopez, sexual assault, sexual assult

Theater Review: “Becoming Cuba” — A Sugary Historical Melodrama

Dramatist Melinda Lopez’s “Becoming Cuba” holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Becoming Cuba, Huntington-Theatre-Company, M. Bevin O'Gara, Melinda-Lopez

Theater Review: “Grimm” but Entertaining

Charm’d magic casements, opening on the Foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. — To a Nightingale, John Keats, 1819 GRIMM: The Brothers’ Tales Remixed & Re-imagined . . . Written by Gregory Maguire, Kristen Greenidge, Melinda Lopez, Marcus Gardley, Lydia R. Diamond, John Kuntz, and John ADEkoje. Directed by Summer L. Williams and […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: Boston-theater, Brothers Grimm, Company One, Gregory Maguire, John ADEkoje, John Kuntz, Kirsten Greenidge, Lydia Diamond, Marcus Gardley, Melinda-Lopez, Shawn LaCount, Summer l. Williams

Coming Attactions in Theater: July 2010

Underneath the discouraging array of customary exhibitions there are some reassuring productions of the new this month, with a smattering of New England and world premieres. Culture Vulture thinks that Richard III will be a highlight at Shakespeare & Co; I am also intrigued by Company One drawing on local playwrights to revamp the tales […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: After the Revolution, American Repertory Theater, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Arlene Hutton, Barrington Stage Company, Carter W. Lewis, Cherry Smoke, Chester Theater Company, Company One, Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, Cyrano de Bergerac, Fully Commited, Gabriel Kuttner, Gregory Maguire, Grimm, Gurnet-Theatre-Project, James McManus, John ADEkoje, John Kuntz, Jonathan Epstein, Kirsten Greenidge, Lydia R. Diamond, Marcus Gardley, Melinda-Lopez, musical, Pool Boy, Richard III, See Rock City, Shakespeare and Co, Storytelling Ability of a Boy, The-Winters-Tale, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, William-Shakespeare, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

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