Grappling with the story of convincing a mass murder to tell his own
Stage Review: “Moby Dick” from Gare St Lazare Players Ireland, at ArtsEmerson
Nov. 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
Like an old man in a bar, coaxed by the patrons to tell his survival story one more time for the newcomers
Stage Review: “Mabou Mines Dollhouse” at ArtsEmerson
Nov. 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
I was shocked, moved, tickled and puzzled by this production. I was never bored.
Stage Review: “In the Red and Brown Water” at Company One
Nov. 2, 2011 1 Comment
Yoruban demigods reincarnated in a Louisiana ghetto
Stage Review: The Civilians’ “You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce” at ArtsEmerson
Oct. 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Actors tell the stories of their parents’ divorces, in their parents’ own words–as their parents
Stage Review: “Women of Will” at the Nora Theatre Company
Oct. 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
Part lecture, part loving mixtape of Shakespearean heroines
Stage Review: “Curtains” at Boston Conservatory
Oct. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Talented future stars in a flimsy piece of musical theater.
Stage Review: “Or,” at the Lyric
Oct. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
Aphra Behn gets the “Shakespeare in Love” treatment
Stage Review: “Speaker’s Progress” at ArtsEmerson
Oct. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
A revolutionary play
Stage Review: “Next Fall” at SpeakEasy Stage Company
Oct. 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Adam can’t stand that his lover cares more about God than him. Especially since he doesn’t believe in God. In fact, it’s worse than that…
Stage Review: “Candide” at the Huntington Theatre Company
Sept. 30, 2011 1 Comment
Mary Zimmerman’s epic, playful take on Voltaire’s cynical classic
Stage Review: “The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer” at ArtsEmerson
Sept. 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
John Malkovich is a serial killer, on a book tour, inserted into an opera.
Stage Review: Laurie Anderson’s “Delusion” at ArtsEmerson
Sept. 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
A multimedia performance piece full of foreboding, anxiety, awe and wonder.
Stage Review: “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” at the Lyric
Sept. 19, 2011 1 Comment
The quintessential American adventure tale cruises in musical form
Stage Review: “How Much is Enough: Our Values In Question,” The Foundry Theatre at ArtsEmerson
Sept. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
What happens when you skip the whole “play” part of a play and jump right into the talk-back?
Stage Review: A “Love Song” from Orfeo Group
Aug. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Plot twists and poetry make “Love Song” hit hard
Stage Review: PigPen Theatre’s “The Mountain Song” at Company One
June 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
An Appalachian folk tale with music and puppetry
Stage Review: Propeller’s “Richard III” at the Huntington
June 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Witness the bloody rise, slow maddening and sudden descent of the dictator
Stage Review: “Animal Crackers” at the Lyric
May 23, 2011 1 Comment
Speak quickly and carry a big schtick
Stage Review: Antony and Cleopatra staged by Actors’ Shakespeare Project
May 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Sexual politics with an emphasis on the latter.
