SpeakEasy Stage Company
Playwright Eboni Booth won last year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this script, and it is a heartwarming, well-constructed, one-act.
The beauty of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at this political moment is that it provides a firsthand rebuttal to the current administration’s draconian policies — without ever directly acknowledging them.
Few could doubt this satire’s relevance, given the alarming results of November’s election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections — a drama about seizing the day.
Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.
Critical to the success of “Cost of Living” is playwright Martyna Majok’s refusal to resort to tropes about people with disabilities and those who care for them.
This well-directed and performed production of a musical about the universal longing for connection delivers a stirringly heart felt experience.
“POTUS” supplies plenty of political amusement as it pits savvy, competent women against the blithering males running the American government.
Theater Commentary: Boston Fall Theater Preview — Rinse and Repeat and Repeat and Repeat …
My hunch is that not only theater critics but audiences will find the parade of tried and true tiresome.
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