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american repertory theater

THE BEST PRODUCTIONS OF 2019

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 18, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Arlekin Players, Bedlam, Broadway in Boston, Central Square Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Nora Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage

ALTERING THE COURSE: MOBY-DICK AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 17, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Bradley King, Dave Malloy, Eric Berryman, Eric F. Avery, Herman Melville, Manik Chokshi, Mimi Lien, Rachel Chavkin, Theater Review, Tom Nelis

JAGGED LITTLE PILL STILL SAYS TOO LITTLE ABOUT TOO MUCH

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 6, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★☆☆☆

 

“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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alanis Morisette, american repertory theater, broadway, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena, Diablo Cody, Diane Paulus, Elizabeth Stanley, Kathryn Gallagher, Lauren Patten, Ricardo Hernandez, Sean Allan Krill, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

PEAK ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE: BOSTON’S LARGER STAGES DON’T NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE MOVIES. THEY NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE SMALL STAGES.

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Boston’s larger stages don’t need to be more like the movies. They need to be more like the small stages.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Anthem Theatre, Apollinaire Theatre, Arlekin Players, arts emerson, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston Theater Critics Association, Ed Siegel, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Gold Dust Orphans, huntington theatre company, Lindsay Beamish, Lyric Stage Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Praxis Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, theater, wbur

LEARNING TO SEE IN THE DARK: JOMAMA JONES IN BLACK LIGHT

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 24, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

“What if I told you it’s going to be all right? What if I told you not yet?”

 

It’s this kind of wisdom—sometimes reassuring, sometimes unnerving, but always ominous—that pulses through Black Light ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Daniel Alexander Jones, Jomama Jones, Oberon

DIVING DEEP: ENDLINGS AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 5, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Cambridge, Celine Song, Emily Kuroda, Endlings, Jiehae Park, Jo Yang, Wai Ching Ho

SEEDS OF MISTRUST IN A.R.T.’S OTHELLO

Written by JUAN A. RAMIREZ Posted January 23, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

Othello, William Shakespeare’s quintessential tale of race-baiting political treachery, has more connections to contemporary society than one might care to admit (or write down). As observed in the Oregon Shakespeare ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Cambridge, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, shakespeare, Theater Review

A FRENETIC BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES AT A.R.T.

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 12, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Ensemble of Barber Shop Chronicles US and Canada Tour. Photo by Tim Trumble.

 

★★★☆☆

 

Nigerian playwright Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles—a smash in the UK—has been on an American tour since October and has just settled into a month-long run at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater, where it will run through Jan 5.

 

Directed ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Cambridge, Inua Ellams

AMOC BRINGING FRESH NOTES TO OPERA AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Matt Aucoin and Zack Winokur. Photo by Liza Voll.

 

When most people think of opera, they imagine a red-faced, sweating man or woman on stage, belting out unintelligible lyrics. Think Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera, Doc?” or maybe even Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep in the eponymous biopic).

 

 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Cambridge, Matt Aucoin, opera, Zack Winokur

A.R.T. CHEERS ‘EXTRAORDINARY’ DECADE

Written by JUAN A. RAMIREZ Posted November 22, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

It seems the folks over at the American Repertory Theater have racked up a lot to be thankful for in the decade since Diane Paulus became the company’s artistic director. ExtraOrdinary ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., american repertory theater, Diane Paulus, ExtraOrdinary, review, theater

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