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Paradise Lost

Dance Review: Paradise Lost’s Energetic “Replay”

Paradise Lost’s Replay is nothing if not exuberant.

By: Merli V. Guerra Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Emerson College, Merli V. Guerra, Paradise Lost, Replay, Tyler Catanell

Theater Review: ‘Adding Machine: A Musical’ – Pluses and Minuses

Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.— Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus Adding Machine: A Musical. Based on the play The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice. Original Music by Joshua Schmidt. Libretto by Schmidt and Jason Loewith. Directed by Paul Melone. Steve Bergman, Music Director. David Connolly, Choreographer. Susan Zeeman Rogers, Set Design. […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Adding Machine: The Musical, American-drama, Boston Center for the Arts, Elmer Rice, Paradise Lost, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Adding Machine

Theater Reviews: The State of the Union

Artists should “no longer huddle in the confines of a painted box set” but instead join together to “find visible and audible expression for the tempo and psychology of our time” and dramatize “the search of the average American today for knowledge about his country and his world.” – Hallie Flanagan, Federal Theatre Project Stick […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: American, American Repertory Theater, Arena-Stage, Boston, Boston Center for the Arts, Clifford Odets, Daniel Fish, Diane Paulus, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Kenny Leon, Lydia Diamond, New York, Paradise Lost, Public Theater, stage, Stick Fly, Suzan-Lori-Parks, The Book of Grace, Theater

Theater Commentary: Isn’t It a Question of Relevance?

The reviews of the Huntington Theatre Company (HTC) production were generally ecstatic. And what could be timelier than an oft-produced American drama that focuses on the tragic costs of war profiteering?

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: A Question of Mercy, All My Sons, American-Repertory-Theatre, Arthur Miller, BCAP, Boston, Bread and Puppet Theater, Clifford Odets, David-Rabe, Groundswell, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Jim Petosa, Lyric stage company of boston, Paradise Lost, Persona Non Grata, Relevance, Tear Open the Door of Heaven, Theater

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