Exploring and Humanizing the Nuances of Black American History Through Theatre: Conversation With Playwright and Actor Stephen Sampson.
Driven by his appreciation for authenticity and history, Stephen Sampson created his theatre...
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Cinematic Opera Unveiled: Philip Glass and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Speaking to a class in Rome years ago, I heard Tito Schipa Jr. speak about how opera is simply too...
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Creative Freedom and the Craft of Acting: Interview with Scott Fielding, Founder of Michael Chekhov Actor Studio in Boston.
Michael Chekhov Actor Studio Boston, or MCASB, has been one of the leading New England acting...
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“M(O)ther” – Boston Experimental Theatre
The Boston Experimental Theatre (BET) has created a production that manages to reflect our odd,...
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“Hair:” The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Hair the first Rock Musical opened in 1967 for six weeks at the New York Shakespeare Festival...
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“Oliver” at The New Repertory Directed by Michael J. Bobbitt
The winter holiday season generally brings a Charles Dickens’ play to theatres. At the New...
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“The Children:” An Important and Timely Work
Lucy Kirkwood’s drama, now appearing at Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage, deals with climate...
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Return of the Revolutionaries: “rEVOLUTION” at the Boston Ballet
From Stravinsky’s dissonant strings heralding the arrival of four black and white clad men in the...
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Funny and Fem, “She the People” at the Huntington Theatre Company
Visiting the city of Boston during its national tour, the Second City sketch revue She The People:...
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Screaming, Sweat, and Prizes in “Old School Game Show” at OBERON
One of Boston’s long-running interactive theatrical events, now featured routinely at the...
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“Shear Madness:” Utterly Bostonian and World-Famous
This native Bostonian theatre production is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the...
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The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)
Moby-Dick at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA For those who are not familiar with...
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Nostalgia on Parade: “White Christmas” on Tour in Boston
When the full company of the touring cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas bursts into the...
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“An Iliad:” A Retelling of the Horrors of War Beyond Troy!
Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson created Homer’s Coat, a theatre company that explores...
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“An Illiad:” A Retelling of the Horrors of War Far Beyond Troy!
Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson created Homer’s Coat, a theatre company that explores ancient...
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Speakeasy Presents “Admissions:” A Play About Confused Liberals
Admissions is the third work of Joshua Harmon to appear at SpeakEasy in Boston’s South End. The...
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Bedlam Returns to Cambridge’s Nora Theatre Company with “The Crucible”
Bedlam Theatre, a New York City Company, was founded in 2012 by the actress Andrus Nichols and the...
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Mozart by Way of Cape Town
The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble at ArtsEmerson When the Isango Ensemble plays—on only eight...
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Acceptance, Representation, and Everlasting Season of Love: Kelsee Sweigard as Maureen Johnson in The 20th Anniversary Touring Production of “Rent”
It has been nearly 25 years since RENT opened on Broadway, redefining the landscape of American...
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Reflecting on Theatre Education and History with Laurence Senelick
Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory Emeritus, is a theatre historian...
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