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At its best, this script offers an opportunity for audiences to cast a backward glance at the first stirrings of dramatist Lynn Nottage's prolific canon.
Few could doubt this satire's relevance, given the alarming results of November's election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.
In a production filled with emotional intensity, Audra McDonald delivers a powerhouse portrayal that elevates a somewhat uneven staging.
Because this "play" relies on audience participation, Vinny DePonto selects inevitably befuddled men and women from the audience on which to demonstrate his mental prowess.
Abigail C. Onwunali's powerhouse performance is memorable, but the mechanics of Mfoniso Udofia's play don't always match the lead's boundary-stretching strengths.
This stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel earns its keep -- the production is provocative, well acted, and completely engaging.
Director Jamie Lloyd's loud and brash revival is all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections -- a drama about seizing the day.
The script is an experiment, a (sometimes) witty lecture on language. But it doesn't work dramatically.
William A. Everett's book is well-researched but based on a problematic premise.
Tony winning playwright Joe DiPietro does a commendable job of dramatizing the true-life confrontation between Margaret Chase Smith and Joseph McCarthy while they were both serving in the Un…
"Leopoldstadt" is one of Tom Stoppard's most heartfelt and expansive works, its poignant storyline inspired by events in his own life.
As the run continues, the torrent of gags will probably settle into place and proper narrative rhythms emerge. But for now, the game's aground.
Reviews of three shows seen during a trip to Ireland and England -- Shakespeare at London's Globe and "Dublin Oldschool" and "Riverdance" in Dublin.
There's plenty of potential in Tony Meneses' script about men sharing their inner lives with other men, but it is filled with too many silent types.
"Library Lion," wonderfully staged by Adam Theater, marks the arrival of a new and welcome addition to the Boston theater scene.
Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
Cinematic in inspiration, Diane Paulus's direction whips up terse bursts of adolescent energy, tapping into a cocky hunger for self-destructive combat.
"It's not just some generic 'evil'Â "The Arsonists" protests, it is willful blindness to fascist and authoritarian agendas. Denial and hiding behind "bourgeois" comfort is the theme."
This "Mattress" is all about Sutton Foster. And that's a good thing.
Through a series of around 10 scenes, spanning over a decade, "Wish You Were Here" looks at political oppression through the domestic lens of lost love and friendships.
By Debra Cash This, my friends, is what a capital D Diva looks like. The Queen of Versailles Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Lindsey Ferrentino, based on Lauren Greenfield's do…
This production brings the Peterborough Players back in line with their own best traditions: entertaining, thoughtful, delightfully irreverent.
A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare's hymn to reconciliation.
Arlekin Players Theatre's "The Dybbuk" may not convince you of the supernatural, but director Igor Golyak is a magician.
