
A recap of the performing arts in a tumultuous year.
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Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
A recap of the performing arts in a tumultuous year.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
This year, Somerville Theatre’s “The Slutcracker" will be told in cinematic form.
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
Dennis Trainor Jr.'s virtual theater piece reflects on electoral politics, 2016 race.
Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community
Written by KENDALL TAMER Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Performing Arts
According to Sheridan Thomas, teaching comedic timing is nearly impossible through a computer screen. Thomas, a teacher of acting and directing at Tufts University, is 70 years old and never had to teach online before COVID-19. She had to adjust to tools like Zoom to conduct her comedic Shakespeare class, and lagging WiFi made a mess of the course.
Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Filed Under: COVID, Performing Arts
“People are recognizing that we artists live off this to a higher degree, versus the assumption that we do this just for fun.”
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
“I’m concerned for the economic welfare and health of our artists, but I’m not afraid and not nervous about what creativity is actually taking place right now.”
Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Filed Under: A+E, COVID, Performing Arts
While the Afro Flow crew usually attracts around 40-50 attendees at a regular class, after just one week of streaming, they have more than 7,000 views on Facebook alone. Salmon Jones says she's had attendees from as close by as Northeastern, to folks tuning in from Barbados.
Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here’s Rose!
And in Lucy Kirkwood’s extraordinary play The Children, this Rose shows up out of the blue at the ramshackle seaside cottage ... read more
Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
In Max Posner’s The Treasurer, a middle-aged man who doesn’t love his mother—and seems to hate himself for it—finds himself in the position of having to take charge ... read more