“The monkey-knife fight was pretty tough to translate to the stage…” Continue reading
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Tags: 28 Seeds, BCA, Boston, Liars & Believers Theater Company, theatre, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
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THE LUCK OF THE IRISH @ THE BCA
Hilarity! And racial tension! Mostly the latter! Continue reading
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Tags: BCA, Boston, Boston Center for the Arts, Calendar, Issue 14.13, The Luck of the Irish
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FROM THE AISLE: RED
There is something deeper going on here, about the nature of generational artistic progress, about the ways in which we cling to our place in a given field, about what makes art seem in one moment so quintessentially now and other times obviously passé and antiquated. Even though I feel unequipped to pass judgment on one of his paintings, the play still was able to strike me. Continue reading
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Tags: Art, BCA, John Logan, Mark Rothko, RED, review, Speakeasy Stage Company, Theater
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DIG THIS: SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
This annual benefit features musical theater professionals intentionally cast in—shall we say— comically less than advisable roles. Continue reading
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Tags: BCA, Boston, Comedy, Issue 13.44, Musical, Roberts Studio Theatre, Sorry, theatre, Wrong Number
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FROM THE AISLE: DOGG’S HAMLET, CAHOOT’S MACBETH
If there’s one contemporary playwright who could even attempt to engage with the wordplay of William Shakespeare, it’s Tom Stoppard. Continue reading
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Tags: BCA, review, Shakespeare, south end, Theater, Tom Stoppard, Whistler in the Dark
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FROM THE AISLE: NEXT FALL
SpeakEasy’s Next Fall explores religion and relationships. Those two things always work well together, right? Continue reading
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FROM THE AISLE: 1001
From Arabic rulers to Jorge Luis Borges to Osama bin Laden, Company One’s 1001 investigates the power of story. Continue reading
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OUTSIDE THE WIRE PREMIERE @ BCA PLAZA BLACK BOX
There are plenty of damn good reasons to join the military—a passion for serving one’s country, plentiful scholarship opportunities, landing a prom date with Mila Kunis—but unfortunately, one of the most popular motivations (getting the fuck out outta Dodge) tends to neglect the whole part where you eventually have to come back to Dodge. Continue reading
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Tags: BCA, BCA Plaza Black Box, Boston, Cornerstone Stage Company, Documentary, Iraq, Outside the Wire, south end
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RENT @ BCA PLAZA THEATER
So … was the point of Rent that you can’t be into kinky sex or Susan Sontag if you’re picking up a paycheck or are we missing something? ‘Cause all we really remember is that absurdly patient landlord was starting to make some pretty sensible points and they just cut him off to get drunk and do some kickflips, which honestly comes off as a bit rude. Not to mention a fairly weak form of argumentation. Anyhoo, Dream Out Loud Production’s week and change run over at the BCA Plaza Theater opens tonight, so maybe this time we’ll figure why we’re rooting for these smug, shiftless shitheels.
[THU 6.30.11. 539 Tremont St., Boston. 617.542.6710. 7.30pm/$22-29/$16 students. bcaonline.org]
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NEW (F)ANGLE @ CALDERWOOD PAVILION
Boston Center for the Art’s prancer-in-residence, Brian Crabtree defies the laws of choreography in his latest performance at the Calderwood Pavilion, new (F)angle. Using the pirouetting human form to establish a conduit with the space/time/tempo-continuum, Crabtree simultaneously explores the past, present and future of body movin’ and … huh. That’s … that’s odd, the “future” composition seems to just end rather abruptly, in the middle of a heel-turn, like all the groove suddenly ceased. In fact, we’re getting negative readings on the frolic-count for everything after the next couple of days. This … can’t be right. It can’t be.
[Thu 5.19.11. 527 Tremont St., Boston. 617.426.5000. 7:30pm/$15. bcaonline.org]
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FROM THE AISLE: EMERGING AMERICA FESTIVAL
The Emerging America Festival was as eclectic and wide-ranging as the companies that produced it. Here are some thoughts on five of the productions. Continue reading
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FROM THE AISLE: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
SpeakEasy’s The Drowsy Chaperone pokes fun of old-fashioned musicals while still managing to be one, too. Continue reading
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