Broadway is being subjected to a steady parade of Hollywood names parachuting into familiar titles, propped up by prestige directors and stratospheric ticket prices.
A generous serving of what theater critic John Lahr calls playwright John Guare's "funhouse-mirror reflection of American life's caprice and chaos in the twentieth and twenty-first centur…
With its visual and emotional impact, "Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster" provides an expansive, more inclusive view of what theater can do for children.
Whatever really happened in those hectic weeks of December 1791, this modern take on the creation of Mozart's Requiem might well turn out to have classic possibilities of its own.
The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an a…
The Berkshire Theatre Group production of "Metamorphoses" is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.
By Robert Israel Sardines (a comedy about death), a one-act, one-man show written and performed by Chris Grace. Directed by Eric Michaud. At the Michael Maso Studio, Huntington Theatre, 264 …
The play eventually packs a wallop, but it drags its feet at the start.
The Front Porch Arts Collective's engaging revival of Katori Hall's drama comes at a propitious time.
Given all the chaos and violence around us, isn't it a mite too late for a subtle play like "Our Town" to be considered a "primal scream?"
"If my work does have a recurrent theme, it is the pressure of the political/historical moment on individual choice."
When Beau Jest Moving Theatre heard this was to be the last fully-produced year of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, and that this year's theme was Last Call --Â a loo…
Once again, the innovative CST/Catalyst Collaborative@MIT project proves that there are inspiring stories of women's contributions to science that need to be told.
What has made for a successful life in the theater? Living by the values Vincent Murphy imbibed as a member of Boston Children's Theatre in the '60s: "cooperation, creativity, listening, and…
Playwright Eboni Booth won last year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this script, and it is a heartwarming, well-constructed, one-act.
It's likely, the playwright suggests, that Americans are incapable of getting out of their own way long enough to cooperate in ways that do anything about the challenges that we face as a so…
Interview with David Kaplan, theater director
Theater like this is especially crucial at a time of destructive national division: it is explicitly aimed at intergenerational audiences, it takes on issues that confront family and communi…
"Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)" succeeds as a fun variation on the "buddy" story. The show sometimes ladles on the sugary frosting, but it's a pretty tasty dessert.
Overall, this is a satisfying production of a turn-of-the-century play that still underlines enduring economic inequity.
Once again, Tony voters proved that quality and integrity still matter.
A trio of companies " Barrington Stage Company, Great Barrington Public Theater, and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire Theater Festival " draw on the stage's power to address our current politi…
The strongest element in this Arlekin production is the indelible stage images of loss and love, death and despair, memory and resilience, dreamed up by director Igor Golyak and his talented…
It is entertaining, but Lindsay Joelle's script supplies only a tiny, sometimes contrived glimpse at a profession that deserves to be treated with more nuance and understanding.
The Off Broadway revival demonstrates how 10 years of dedicated work can make a mediocre musical even worse.