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THE RETURN OF AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
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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 ...
ALTERING THE COURSE: MOBY-DICK AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
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 ...
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.
LEARNING TO SEE IN THE DARK: JOMAMA JONES IN BLACK LIGHT
★★★★☆
“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 ...
DIVING DEEP: ENDLINGS AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
SEEDS OF MISTRUST IN A.R.T.’S OTHELLO
★★★★☆
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 ...
A FRENETIC BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES AT A.R.T.
★★★☆☆
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 ...
AMOC BRINGING FRESH NOTES TO OPERA AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
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).
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