At Maine’s Waldo Theatre, Shannon A. Mullen plays both men in an engaging world premiere that hints at deeper possibilities for exploring art, privilege, and truth.
By David Greenham A compelling cast brings warmth, humor, and resolve to Front Porch Arts Collective’s stirring portrait of Black washerwomen fighting for their rights in 1881 Atlanta. The…
Gracie McGraw anchors an exhilarating world-premiere rock opera, despite uneven handling of its darker themes.
Rebecca Gibel and Rachael Warren deliver potent performances in a true-crime drama that confronts political violence, personal responsibility, and a family’s enduring grief.
The Huntington Theatre Company’s staging of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation finds fresh complexity in Harper Lee’s moral hero, even as uneven performances and distracting choices diminish it…
Mark H. Dold brings force and sensitivity to Barrington Stage Company’s compelling, uneven production, but the solo format undercuts Chekhov’s psychological complexity.
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s bawdy, bighearted romp raised the Paramount’s roof, but its sprawling celebration of queer history cries out for a firmer editorial hand.
By Chris Caggiano A satirical musical that offends everyone equally hides its real argument until the final minutes Slam Frank is running at New York City’s Orpheum Theatre through Novembe…
Dawn M. Simmons directs a taut Southern Gothic thriller in which thwarted longing and the promise of escape turn a Georgia household into a cauldron of suspicion.
James Ijames’s funny, moving family fable receives an engaging New England premiere, but its comforts also raise questions about what local theater should risk in a moment of public crisis.
Scott Edmiston’s sharply acted Lyric Stage revival of Arthur Miller’s 1947 drama reveals the moral rot lurking beneath postwar suburban prosperity—and its unsettling relevance today.
The Huntington Theatre Company production brings comic velocity and emotional force to a drama about a famous pastor, his fractured family, and the corrosive cost of obedience.
In Central Square Theater’s production of the solo drama "Eleanor," the acclaimed actor channels a historic first lady’s activism, marital complexities, and enduring call to civic action.
By Bob Abelman Renaissance Faires and Festivals are, among many things, immersive, inclusive, and highly participatory forms of theater. King Richard’s Faire, which is New England’s larg…
Director Diane Paulus’s high-spirited A.R.T. adaptation of Ionesco’s anti-conformist play sometimes overplays its comic business, but John Turturro’s scruffy, strident, anguished Beren…
Double Edge Theatre revives its 2015 roaming spectacle of ecological grief, political resistance, and communal art.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company celebrates its milestone season by revisiting A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reaffirming its mission to make Shakespeare a truly public art.
This crisp revival turns emotional recoil, backward chronology, and elegant restraint into a sharp study of infidelity.
Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje revisits an 1895 gathering of Black women activists, uncovering the tensions, ambitions, and humanity behind a historic coalition.
Arlekin’s high-energy adaptation underscores absurdism’s resonance in an age of conflict.
S. Asher Gelman’s script opens as a rare, bracing political drama before collapsing into conventional family melodrama.
Despite striking choreography and a tour-de-force lead, the A.R.T.'s adaptation of Black Swan can’t escape the film’s excesses—or its own thin score.
Sharon Rothstein’s sharp drama shifts the focus from censorship to the corrosive culture of public shaming.
Jonathan Spector’s successful satire finds biting comedy—and uneasy truth—in the limits of well-meaning consensus.
Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy power Charles Ludlam’s camp classic, even as a stripped-down design leaves some comic potential untapped.