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Preview: OperaHub’s “DIVAS;” Calling Out The Opera Industry In A Love Letter To The Opera Art Form

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 21st Jun 2018 | Boston, Interview, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

This week, OperaHub’s original DIVAS, a “World Premier play with opera music” opens June 21st and...

Boston Lyric Opera’s “Trouble In Tahiti”

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 10th Jun 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

Boston Lyric Opera truly transformed the North End’s DCR Steriti Ice Rink into a 1950s Cuban style...

“Jagged Little Pill” Finds A New Life

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 6th Jun 2018 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America |

Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette’s internationally famous alt-rock album released in 1995 has...

“The Women Who Mapped The Stars”: The Struggle to be Acknowledged

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 13th May 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science, United States of America |

The Women Who Mapped the Stars is a new work by Joyce Van Dyke, a rising dramatist with several...

The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble’s “Cendrillon” Showcases Talent But Misses Its Mark

Posted by Kristin Tomecek | 11th May 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble debuted their reimagined production of Pauline Viardot-Garcia’s...

The Problem Of The Unmarried Woman In “Old, New, Borrowed, Blue”

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 11th May 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

Metrowest Opera had a full audience in the BCA’s smaller space on Saturday evening for their...

Boheme and Beer: an Unconventional Production by Boston Opera Collaborative

Posted by Kristin Tomecek | 15th Apr 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera |

Audiences found themselves amidst fermentation vessels and set dressings alike this past Thursday...

Love, Death And Soviet Spies: Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Stages Its First Opera, “The Rosenbergs”

Posted by Keith Powers | 13th Apr 2018 | Boston, Denmark, News, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

It was like the Dreyfus Affair. The Sacco-Vanzetti Trial. Any of those singular moments in history...

Socialist Morality in “The Threepenny Opera”

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 8th Apr 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

On Friday, March 23rd, Boston Lyric Opera continued its run of The Threepenny Opera to a sold-out...

“The White Card”: An Attempt To Communicate

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 15th Mar 2018 | Boston, Review, United States of America |

The White Card, Claudia Rankine’s play on racism is having its world premiere at Boston’s...

Rapping While White, Surviving While Black: “Hype Man” At Boston’s Company One

Posted by James Montaño | 10th Mar 2018 | Boston, Review, United States of America |

The legacy of rap in America is rich with rhymes and rhymers that challenge institutionalized...

“As One” – A New Biographical Opera About Transgender Experience Premiers in Boston

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 11th Feb 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera |

Saturday night at Longy School of Music’s Pickman Hall, As One had its Boston Premiere in the...

“Brodsky/Baryshnikov” – Poetry in Motion

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 7th Feb 2018 | Boston, Devised Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance |

The choreography itself spun through a range of subtle to more bombastic, creating a dramatic arc for the 90-minute piece. Baryshnikov’s commitment to using the whole body is unflinching. Whether it was part of the opening movement, when a chair balanced against his back served as the hint to the centaur referenced in a poem, or the use of his fluttering arms as a butterfly metaphor, his conviction in thought and body is mesmerizing. The illustrative nature of the metaphors manages not to be redundant or heavy-handed.

“Ada/Ava”: Silent Film In The 21st Century

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 28th Jan 2018 | Boston, Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Film |

ArtsEmerson is dedicated to bringing compelling and experimental theatre from all parts of the...

Review Of Albert Camus’ “State Of Siege” By Théâtre De La Ville

Posted by Khaleem Ali | 26th Nov 2017 | Boston, France, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

“[It] is utterly useless to accuse my characters of being symbolical,” wrote Albert Camus...

Boston Opera Collaborative’s “Opera Bites” Is A Moveable Feast

Posted by Kristin Tomecek | 17th Nov 2017 | Boston, Festivals, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

Delightfully thought-provoking and fun, the Boston Opera Collaborative’s third annual festival...

“The Revolutionists”: How Far Have We Come?

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 12th Nov 2017 | Boston, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

The Nora Theatre Company at the Central Square Theatre in Cambridge, MA is currently...

One Last Grasp: “Exit The King” By Boston’s Actor’s Shakespeare Project

Posted by James Montaño | 26th Oct 2017 | Boston, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

When the dying King Berenger the First petulantly exclaims “Let everything die, if my death won’t...

A Convincing “Tosca” at Boston Lyric Opera

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 20th Oct 2017 | Boston, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

As the fiery Floria Tosca, Elena Stikhina delivered a creamy tone that seemed effortless and a strong dramatic presence. Her aria, the famous, “Vissi d’arte” was a highlight in its committed stillness and emotive power, as she asks God why she should meet this fate when she has given her life to art and love.