In "Let Me Down Easy," now onstage at the American Repertory Theatre, writer-performer Anna Deavere Smith swaddles the audience in stories large and small. It's a moving experience, but it's…
When I try to wrap my head around the fact that Richard Nelson, a guy who's won myriad awards - including a Tony - for his playwriting, could roll out a junk heap in line with "How Shakespea…
Legendary choreographer and producer Bob Avian has more than an inkling why "A Chorus Line" is still hitting its mark after more than 30 years.
His production would seem to have all the components: Broadway actors, confectionary costumes by Robert Morgan and a White Way-caliber set by James Noone. But the piece takes far too long to…
Trailing an 83-year-old history, the Boston University Theatre has a ghost of its own: Henry Jewett, the theater's original owner, who died in 1930.
Disney turns 'High School' into frozen treat
Three plays, three intimate theaters and more than enough monty, as male nudity takes the stage in "Angels in America," "The Little Dog Laughed" and "Blowing Whistles."
TV talent show a stepping stone to legit theater
Sun shines light on public education plight
"Streamers" is not about war. It's about untested young men thrown together in tight quarters and faced with an overwhelming possibility.