“My Dad’s Gap Year” at The Park Theatre
Gender fluidity should be fun—after all, it’s all about love. And love can take any shape it...
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Review: Who Needs To Be Reminded “We Are Not Alone”?
“I want to believe,” declared Agent Fox Mulder in the 1998 television pilot for The X-Files. Two...
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The Beauty In Differences In The “Scarlett Ibis,” A New Opera
Beautiful and heart-wrenching and incredibly real, the Scarlett Ibis is a masterpiece of modern...
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“The End Of TV”: Manual Cinema Presents Another Unusual And Stunning Work
Manual Cinema has returned to Boston’s ArtsEmerson with their latest work The End Of TV just a...
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“City Of No Illusions” Takes Refugees To The Border Of Life And Death
“City of No Illusions,” a political comedy that stages the modern refugee crisis inside a funeral home.
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Arthur Miller’s “The Price” At The Wyndham’s Theatre
All hail Arthur Miller, chief of London’s modern revivals this year. Which is odd, given that 2019...
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Pie in the Sky: Eliza Bent Delights With “Bonnie’s Last Flight”
I follow a strict protocol of attitudinal class warfare when I board airplanes. As I walk proudly...
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Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella”–A Breathtaking Fairytale At War
When he first created his Cinderella in 1997, Matthew Bourne couldn’t have predicted any...
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At “The Mountaintop” There Is Doubt, Uncertainty And Humanity: Katori Hall’s Play About King’s Final Night Before His Assassination
One of the first things we learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop, Katori...
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Vikram Phukan: Mapping Resilience And Vulnerability
In the midst of external turmoil, how does one battle with one’s inner demons? In a world where...
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“Beware Of Pity” Is Beautiful To Watch, But Clashes With Modern Sensibilities
Review: Beware Of Pity, Sydney Festival 2019 Performances in the Roslyn Packer Theatre typically...
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“Churning Waters”—Muffled Voices Flow
A white, feathered string in hand, Sylvia Nulpinditj begins to explain each action in the...
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“The Tempest” At The Pittsburgh Public Theater In Pittsburgh, PA, USA
A couple of decades ago my then-colleague Jan Hagens introduced me to a genre categorization that...
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Truth And “True West”
Sam Shepard’s True West has always been a magnet for celebrity hamming, particularly in the role...
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Decoding The Music Masterpieces: Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” An Apocalyptic Descent Into Madness
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th...
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Two Bold Shows by Women of Color at Mabou Mines
When I entered the theater at Mabou Mines for Edisa Weeks’ performance of Three Rites: Liberty, my...
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Shakespeare’s “Othello” In The Trappings Of Twenty-First Century America
An updated version of Othello now playing at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge...
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“Frankenstein” In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
A futuristic freezing laboratory where naked human avatars hang for research purposes. Doctor...
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A New Eliza: Bedlam’s “Pygmalion” At The Central Square Theatre
After a critically acclaimed run in New York City, Bedlam Theatre Company has brought their...
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