The audience members were as diverse as the cast, the show is not being staged in a traditional space in Boston, and the play is incredibly relevant.
Praxis Stage
Theater Review: “The Plague” — A Necessary Moral Parable
In a culture that seems hell-bent on distracting us from painful realities, the intimacy of this production comes off as redemptive and inspiring.
Theater Interview: Adaptor Neil Bartlett on Seeing Your Own Plague in “The Plague”
Albert Camus brings a bracing response to thinking about the worse that is missing in so many of our current dystopias.
Theater Review: “for colored girls …” — A Welcome Reprise
Shange’s nervy mix of wordplay and in-your-face didacticism — of resilience in the face of hardship — is very much the empowering thing.
Theater Review: “Accidental Death of an Anarchist – The Vexation of Violence
Dario Fo’s dark comedy still deserves its reputation as a classic.
Theater Interview: Critical Truth Telling and Praxis Stage’s “Julius Caesar”
Wonder why Boston theater is so bland, why there is so little political resistance?
Theater Review: “Incident at Vichy” — The Vicissitudes of Guilt
Praxis Stage manages to get Arthur Miller’s message across, and it is a valuable one that must be repeated well beyond the inauguration.