"Perspective, belief, memory, social class, education—among many other things—all play a role in shaping how we see and act in the world, but ultimately we are the creators."
THOTBOT HOTSPOT: HOW A GLITCH TEST BEGAT A TRANSMEDIA NARRATIVE
Performing Arts
LOL ON TRAGEDY
A speedy taste of all things Shakespeare
ANSWERING WHY THE WILD THINGS ARE: CLIFF NOTEZ ON ALTERNATIVE SPACES AND HIS LATEST CHAPTER IN HIPSTORY
"I was talking about things that I didn’t even know I wanted to be talking about. I didn’t even know this album was going to be coming out. I just knew I wanted to make it, and then see if I wanted to share it with the world."
THE BEST PRODUCTIONS OF 2019
They had style, they had grace. Alice Ripley gave good face.
As we come to the close of another theatrical year, it’s time to not only name the best productions of the year, but to reflect on the year’s theatrical offerings as a whole. Some years there are trends; some years there aren’t. And sometimes when ...
ALL THE MILLION HOURS: PARADE AT MOONBOX PRODUCTIONS
★★★★☆
Moonbox Productions continues its impressive run of presenting complicated, adult musicals with more polish, professionalism, and nuance than most other companies in the Boston area, even those with more cash and more clout.
Parade ...
ALTERING THE COURSE: MOBY-DICK AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
ON STAGE NOW: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL, CHRISTMAS ON URANUS, AND OLIVER!
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★☆☆☆
Forget “whodunnit,” the bigger question is “who cares.”
An ensemble cast of beloved local actors doing their best is what Murder on the Orient Express ...
JAGGED LITTLE PILL STILL SAYS TOO LITTLE ABOUT TOO MUCH
★★☆☆☆
“I recommend biting off more than you can chew” is one Alanis Morissette lyric that the team behind Jagged Little Pill appears to have taken far too literally.
When the musical—clobbered together from Morissette’s catalogue of hits—premiered ...
CHIVALRY MEETS TEQUILA
At odds with ICE and in search of the Mexican Dulcinea, Quixote Nuevo is reborn as the shining knight of Chicanos
CHIVALRY MEETS TEQUILA: AT ODDS WITH ICE AND IN SEARCH OF THE MEXICAN DULCINEA, QUIXOTE NUEVO IS REBORN AS THE SHINING KNIGHT OF CHICANOS
At odds with ICE and in search of the Mexican Dulcinea, Quixote Nuevo is reborn as the shining knight of Chicanos
If at age 15 anyone had told me that Miguel de Cervantes’ celebrated chivalric novel Don Quixote could someday become a poignant social commentary on the reality of 21st-century America, I would have probably laughed in disbelief.
Growing up in ...
