Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Susan B. Apel
Theater Preview: “Citrus” — World Premiere of a Choreopoem
The stories in Citrus exhibit a powerful commonality: these portraits of th3e experiences of black women suggest that, over time, everything and nothing has changed.
Opera Preview: Opera North’s “All Is Calm” — Peaceful Interlude
All is Calm juxtaposes the gravity (some might say the idiocy) of war with the simple human gestures that the opposing sides extended to each other during a remarkable cease fire.
Dance Preview: Dance Heginbotham’s “Common Fate” — Celebrating Synchronicity
Fresh from choreographing a Tony award-winning revival of Oklahoma!, John Heginbotham presents a world premiere in the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College.
Theater Preview: Voices of Women Veterans on Northern Stage
The women whose voices make up the play’s dialogue are Vermont or New Hampshire residents who have sought medical care at the local VA hospital.
Theater Preview: “Frederick Douglass NOW” — History in the Present Tense
The performer’s question is direct: has the talented orator anything to say about race in today’s America? The answer is a galvanizing yes.
Theater Feature: Northern Stage Announces Winners of $1.25 Million Grant to Support Women in Theater
According to Wellesley Centers for Women study, women hold only 20% of the artistic leadership positions in America’s regional theaters.
Visual Arts Review: Leonard Cohen — Une Breche En Toute Chose/A Crack in Everything
This ingenious and expansive multi-media museum production will please fans of Leonard Cohen’s art and those new to his artistry.
Visual Arts Preview: Resonant Spaces — Sound Art at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum
No ear is the same — so the sonic experience is different for each listener.
Preview: NH’s Hopkins Center — Helping to Create and Showcase the Performing Arts
The Hop, as it is known, is more than a collection of performance venues; it plays an active role in developing art and artists.