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DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 30, 2020 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Section of DETROIT RED. Illustrated by Zlatko Mitev

“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.”

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Detroit Red, Emerson Paramount, Greg Cook, Interview, malcolm x, theater, Will Power

THE END OF TV, LIVE AND IN COLOR

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

 

★★★★☆

 

The demise of television, it appears, happened before the medium even began. The End of TV

, a multimedia theater piece mounted by the Manual Cinema troupe, filters shadow puppets, cardboard cutouts, and good old-fashioned pantomime
 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Julia Miller, Manuel Cinema, Theater Review

A BOY IN LIMBO, LOOKING FOR SHAKESPEARE: HAMNET AT ARTSEMERSON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 28, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Ollie West. Photo by Gianmarco Bresadola.

★★★☆☆

 

Given the choice of to be or not to be, Hamnet Shakespeare can’t fathom why anyone would ever choose not to be. And being that he’s had over 400 years to think about it, I guess you could say the
 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Ben Kidd, Bush Moukarzel, Dead Centre, Hamnet, Ollie West, shakespeare

IS BEBE WINANS BOUND FOR BROADWAY? BORN FOR THIS AT ARTS EMERSON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted June 27, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Donald Webber Jr. as Bebe Winans, Liisi LaFontaine as Whitney Houston, and Loren Lott as CeCe Winans. Photo by Joan Marcus.

 

★★★☆☆

 

After runs in Atlanta, DC, and Los Angeles, Born For This

arrives in Boston retooled anew with
 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans, Charles Randolph-Wright, Chaz Pofahl, Donald Webber Jr, Kirsten Wyatt, Lauren Lott, Lisa D'Amour, Nita Whitaker, Tammy Faye Bakker

BEST OF BOSTON THEATER: 2017 EDITION

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

A year to remember, from 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf' to 'Merrily We Roll Along' to 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A Doll's House, A Guide for the Homesick, ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT, Aisling O’Sullivan, Amanda Plummer, american repertory theater, Andrea Syglowski, ArtsEmerson, Boch Center, Edward II, Hand to God, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, huntington theatre company, Jennifer Ellis, Matthew J. Harris, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, McKinley Belcher III, Merrily We Roll Along, SpeakEasy Stage, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Bridges of Madison County, The Lyric Stage, The Night of the Iguana, Topdog/Underdog, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BOSTON’S BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2016

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 21, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Organic, frank, funny, and devastating, Lopez laid bare all of the reasons why she is a priceless asset to the Boston theater community.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, An Octorron, ArtsEmerson, Becca A. Lewis, Brandon Green, Company One, Doug Lockwood, Eugene Lee, Fiddler on the Roof, Hilda Fay, How I Learned What I Learned, Huntington, Jeremiah Kissel, Kirsten Salpani, Lyric Stage, Mala, Melinda Lopez, Murder for Two, Regular Singing, Richard ii, shakespeare, SpeakEasy, The Scottsboro Boys

DIG THIS: HAPPY GILMORE, EURO 2016, AND ZELLA DAY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 6, 2016 Filed Under: DigThis

Your to do list for the week

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Cuisine & Confessions, Dig Inn, EURO 2016, Happy Gilmore, ICA, Lawn on D, Olde Magoun's Saloon, The Sinclair, yoga, Zella Day

DINNER AND A SHOW: FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. FIVE SHOWS. FIVE RESTAURANTS.

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted September 21, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

Fall in the Hub can be the best time to get a lineup of killer new theatrical productions and the new or fresh-off-a-summer-renovations spots to eat at before or after a show on one’s radar.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: An Audience with Meow Meow, appropriate, ArtsEmerson, banyan bar + refuge, BCA, Central Square Theater, confederacy of dunces, Copenhagen, courtney love, doretta taverna, fall arts preview, Hammersley’s Bistro, kansas city choir boy, michael schlow, Nick Offerman, Nick Varano, ron swanson, SpeakEasy Stage, Strip by Strega, The Cutler Majestic, Thelonious Monkfish

SUMMER PREVIEW 2015

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 14, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

Summer is here, so let's get down to brass tacks about the beaches, pools, food, concerts, arts events, theater happenings and everything else that makes summer in Boston summer.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: alive and kicking, american repertory theatre, ArtsEmerson, banyan bar + refuge, barcelona wine bar, Beach House, Black Beach, boston beaches, Boston Harbor Hotel, brewer's fork, brighton music hall, Central Square Theatre, colonnade hotel, committee, Company One, Coolidge Corner Theatre, coppersmith hall, Democracy Center, Drive-in, Earl Sweatshirt, Flat Earth Theatre, Fuzz, gallery, gallery show, germantown, Great Scott Boston, grill, hojoko, hough’s neck, house of blues, Huntington Theatre, ink block, james hook + co., Jamie XX, Jessica Pratt, Johnny Earle, Kal Marks, Know No Truth, Lady Bones, Landon Richmond, Latrell James, leicester, lobster, lobster roll, local music, Loyal nine, lupo's, marissa nailer, menden, MET, mewithoutyou, Michael Christmas, moody’s deli, movie theater, Mudhoney, Music Festival, naco taco, neptune oyster, Newport, North Shore Music Theatre, outdoor films, Outside The Box, Palehound, paradise rock club, patio, poetry, pool, Quincy, rooftop at revere, rose kennedy greenway, Royale Boston, saltie girl, select oyster bar, Shakespeare Company, Smash It Dead Fest, Soft Fangs, son lux, Speedy Ortiz, Spoon, squantam, summer, Summer Preview, Tasting Counter, the barking crab, The Sinclair, The Slab, theater, townsman, verb hotel, Vundabar, W00DY, Waltham, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Wharf District Park, wollaston, woodman’s of essex, yankee lobster company

FARM TO STAGE: SURREAL CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY WAY OF CHAGALL

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted April 27, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

But don’t let the deep musings scare you away. Klein promises that the performance is anything but boring, even for those who aren’t history buffs.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: 20th century, Acrobatics, ArtsEmerson, jfk assassination, marc chagall, multimedia, puppetry, stacy klein, the grand parade

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