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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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DEATH AND THE MAIDEN ASKS ‘HOW DO WE MOVE ON?’

Written by DAN PECCI Posted February 2, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Flora Diaz as Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden

 

A QUESTION OF COMEUPPANCE?

 

With their latest offering in an ambitiously political season, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) tackles the modern classic Death and the Maiden by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman.

 

Set in an unnamed country still reeling from the aftermath of ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Death and the Maiden, director, Flora Diaz, Interview, Lead, play, Steven Maler, theater

TRYING TO BE ORDINARY

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 8, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Melinda Lopez in Mala

 

Melinda Lopez readies Mala for its Boston return

 

Last fall, ArtsEmerson presented the world premiere of Mala, Huntington playwright-in-residence Melinda Lopez’s gorgeous, deeply personal, and unforgettable one-woman play about loss, family, and what it means to be human.

 

In the midst of trying to ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Huntington Theater, Interview, Lead, Mala, Melinda Lopez, play, Playwright, theater

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL AND SHE’S HERE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 26, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Carrie Compere (Sofia) and the North American tour cast of THE COLOR PURPLE. Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2017.

The Color Purple is giving Boston a lot to be thankful for

 

The acclaimed, Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple has finally made its way to Boston. Talk about something to be grateful for this holiday season.

 

This musical version of Alice Walker’s gorgeous 1982 masterwork first debuted in 2005 with Oprah Winfrey on board as lead producer. ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Carrie Compere, Color Purple, Interview, Lead, Musical, Shubert, theater

FROM ‘UNADAPTABLE’ TO SPECTACULAR

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 18, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Eliott Purcell readies The Curious Incident for SpeakEasy Stage

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time isn’t just one of the biggest nonmusical Broadway hits in recent memory, but rather of the last decade. Running for almost 800 performances and winning five Tony ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, broadway, director, Eliott Purcell, Lead, Mark Haddon, novel, play, SpeakEasy Stage, theater, Tony, tour

COME TO THE FUN HOME

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 11, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Fun Home Tour

Fun Home’s incredible journey & a change of major for actress Abby Corrigan

 

By the time that Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, the Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron musical had been—in some form or another—in gestation and steadily picking up steam ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Abby Corrigan, actor, Alison Bechdel, broadway, Lead, off broadway, play, theater, Tony, tour

THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 3, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

From “American Idol” to Evita, the fascinating career of Constantine Maroulis

 

It is not uncommon to see one of the scores of “American Idol” alums trying their hand at the theater. Since the show premiered in 2002, Broadway musicals in particular have frequently drawn from the pool of talent featured on “Idol” to try to revive an ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, American Idol, Constantine Maroulis, Evita, Interview, North Shore Music Theater, singer, theater, Tony

EVITA SO WHITE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 27, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Constantine Maroulis (Che) and the cast of “Evita” at North Shore Music Theatre thru October 8, 2017. Photos©Paul Lyden

 

Amid accusations of whitewashing and brownface, North Shore Music Theatre opens Evita

 

With the announcement of North Shore Music Theatre’s cast for Evita ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, casting, controversy, Debate, Evita, Latina, latino, Latinx, Music, North Shore, NSMT, racism, theater

INTERVIEW: TJ MILLER ON SILICON VALLEY, PODCASTS, AND MR. MUCUS

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted June 1, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

It’s not really a night out in Boston unless you see at least one fistfight over the weekend, right?

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: actor, bertram, big head, brain surgery, cash levy, cashin in with tj miller, dinesh, frontal lobe, gavin, get him to the greek, HBO, jared, mike judge, morning tv, mucinex, nelson, podcast, richard, silicon valley, stand up, tj miller, tumor, yogi bear 3d

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