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Theater Review: “Hair” — An Antique Trip

The New Rep production of Hair is acceptable: if the intent was to look back at a now-dated musical that once caused a stir.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Hair, New Rep, New Rep Theatre, Rachel Bertone

Coming Attractions in Theater: May 2011

May is usually a so-so respite before the summer season revs up, but there’s some interesting productions popping up, including Propeller Theatre Company’s all-male versions of Shakespeare’s Richard III and The Comedy of Errors, Amy Brenneman’s autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, and an opportunity to see J. M. Barrie take it on in the chin […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: Amy Brenneman, Berklee College of Music, Central Square Theater, David Leddy, Emerging America Festival, Happy Medium Theatre, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Mouth Wide Open, New Rep, Passing Strange, Peter Pansy, Propeller Theatre Company, Richard III, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans, Shakespeare and Company, Silver Spoon, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Susurrus, The Comedy of Errors, The Country Club, The Drowsy Chaperone, The-Nora-Theatre-Company, Tina Packer, Why I Sing the Blues -- An Original Musical, Women of Will

Theater Commentary: Stages Search for a New Balance

By Bill Marx Kate Warner, the New Rep’s new Artistic Director, wants to strike a new balance. WGBH’s Jared Bowen is more of a publicist/fan than a journalist, but his recent “Greater Boston” interview with Kate Warner, the new Artistic Director of the New Repertory Theatre, gives the honcho a chance to talk about some […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Boston-theater, Jared Bowen, Kate Warner, New Rep, Persona Non Grata, younger audiences

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