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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 ...
LOVE SPENT: THE TREASURER AT THE LYRIC STAGE
Performing Arts
KING JOHN IN SHINY GOLD CONVERSE AT THE BCA
It’s all about symbolism. And if you can get past the Shakespearean speech and structure, it works.
HELLABLACK IS BACK: LEADING WOMEN OF HUB HIP-HOP UNITE FOR MAJOR BCA THROWDOWN
ILIADMATIC: ODDS BODKIN BRINGS BARDIC STORYTELLING TO A TRANSFORMED GRENDEL’S DEN
Besides the voices, the sound effects, like wind or foot-stomps and the open-tuned guitars, Bodkin introduces his shows with the sort of accessible yet scholarly lore that eases listeners into his worlds.
DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON
“A lot of people in Boston don’t associate Malcolm X with being a Boston figure. They don’t claim him. Let’s rediscover our own heroes and reclaim them and understand the complexities of who they were.”
SHE SEES IT, SHE LIKES IT, SHE WANTS IT, SHE GETS IT: VANITY FAIR AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER
THE WAY THEY WERE: BRIGHT HALF LIFE AT ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
★★★☆☆
According to Julian Marsh, 42nd Street
’s director extraordinaire, the most glorious words in
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WHERE THERE IS CAKE, THERE IS HOPE: THE CAKE AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★★★★
Inspired by the now infamous case of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay
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COLLECTING PERSPECTIVE: THE GARDNER MUSEUM’S SALON LUMINARY PROGRAM
As the fourth cohort of Neighborhood Salon Luminaries settles in, and the previous three continue to inform, claims Vedro, “not only the community engagement programs, but now, more and more, other types of programming, and collaborations throughout the museum.”
LIFE TO THE EVERLASTING CAT: THE BOLD REVOLUTION—AND WELCOME RETURN—OF CATS
★★★★☆
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