A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON A FAMILIAR JOURNEY Playwright Kate Hamill takes Homer's Odyssey and gives it a sharp, contemporary spin, transforming the tale of wily and deceitful Odysseus (Wayne…
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO WOMAN HAS GONE BEFORE After seeing SPACE at Central Square Theater, the line that haunted me came from Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space: "Rockets…
A SEARCH FOR MEANING BROUGHT TO GLORIOUS LIFE BY A PUPPET Based on the Booker-prize winning novel by Nobel-laureate South African J.M. Coetzee and adapted and directed by Lara Foot in collab…
A LESSON ON FAMILY LEGACY Actors' Shakespeare Project continues its exploration of August Wilson's Century Cycle with an absolutely superb production of the 1987 Pulitzer-winning masterpiece…
HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES From Intimate Apparel and Sweat to Clyde's, playwright Lynn Nottage is known for her ability to illuminate the lives of ordinary and working-class people, Black and w…
THE ELATION OF NEGATION Written by Jordan E. Cooper and directed by Dawn M. Simmons, the Boston premiere of this Tony-nominated series of provocative satirical sketches explores various face…
TAP INTO JOY AT A.R.T. I felt the first chills early in Diary of a Tap Dancer. It was during an ensemble number set in the Bronx and the birth of hip hop " I got that feeling in my solar ple…
FEAST ON THIS! For the second year, Front Porch Arts Collective offers its Holiday Feast of staged readings of scripts from the holiday episodes of Black sitcoms of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s…
A PLAY TO BE THANKFUL FOR Director Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma/Mvskoke) leans into the challenge of bringing the satirical comedy The Thanksgiving Play to the stage with "a full …
NOISES OFF, LAUGHS ON Just in time for the holiday season, Lyric Stage Company of Boston has something for audiences eager for some silly fun. Written by Michael Frayn the quintessential far…
GALILEO'S THEORIES WOULD PROVE THAT THE SUN DOESN'T MOVE " GALILEO'S DAUGHTER ALSO DOESN'T MOVE It's an intriguing notion: the ground-breaking scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei, who d…
A TIME-TRAVELING JANE AUSTEN What if Jane Austen had managed to read The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan's groundbreaking 1963 exploration of why well-educated and prosperous women were so …
SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT I have been in a foul mood for the past several days, looking for ways to smash the patriarchy, cursing the unseasonably warm and dry November in my soul …
SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY CYCLE OF SHOWS How appropriate! I thought, as I stood in the August Wilson Lobby of the Huntington Theatre last night. I was about to see Sojourners, t…
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, Boston Lyric Opera's one-performance-only of Giuseppe Verdi's triumphal masterpiece Aida precedes the return of its annual fundraiser that supports access throu…
MEMORY AS AN ACT OF LOVE The East Coast premiere of playwright Steven Drukman's snappy and cleverly written Pru Payne is movingly brought to the stage under SpeakEasy Stage founder Paul Daig…
A PLAY THAT'S OUT OF THE BOX Like an acrobat without a net who thrills us with her daring, Iranian-German playwright Nassim Soleimanpour offers a play with virtually no set, no costumes, and…
THE LAUGHS ARE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, TOO Playwright Alexis Scheer draws on her Colombian-Jewish upbringing in Miami to create this comic celebration of the city's Wynwood arts scene and th…
MIND YOUR PEES AND QUEUES Courtney O'Connor's masterful direction of the unpleasantly titled Urinetown: The Musical brings together numerous wonderful performances along with great music (Da…
A LIVELY AND TIMELY EXAMINATION OF VOTING BEHAVIOR Fight Night, brought to seven American states by the Belgian performance group Ontroerend Goed (a punning name, roughly translated as "Feel…
A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY The Huntington and director Carey Perloff bring Tom Stoppard's beautifully written Leopoldstadt to Boston with engaging performances that make the comp…
ATMOSPHERIC, MOODY, DARK AND MODERN, ROMEO AND JULIET AT A.R.T. BELONGS TO THE AGES As summer turns to autumn, American Repertory Theater brings a dark and moody interpretation of Romeo and …
SUPPLIANT AND DEMAND Looking for a thoroughly pleasant evening on the banks of the Mystic River? Head for Chelsea's PORT Park and a transfixing performance of The Suppliant Women, by the Gre…
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES! The pre-Broadway production of The Queen of Versailles, studded with Broadway royalty, understandably had Boston abuzz at the opening last night. Despite th…
AS USUAL, THE WOMEN DEAL WITH THE MESS Hub Theatre Company's pay-what-you-will production of 46 Plays for America's First Ladies offers a series of playlets as varied as the women portrayed.…