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.
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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.
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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.
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This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections — a drama about seizing the day.
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Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
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This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.
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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.
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This well-directed and performed production of a musical about the universal longing for connection delivers a stirringly heart felt experience.
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“POTUS” supplies plenty of political amusement as it pits savvy, competent women against the blithering males running the American government.
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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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