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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

IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL

Written by JILLIAN KRAVATZ Posted December 12, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Scene from Winter People by Laura Neill. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky.

 

Winter People at the Boston Playwrights’ Theater

 

★★☆☆☆

 

It’s a particularly East Coast feeling—the eeriness of a summer resort in winter, when February winds blow through the dormant wooden roller coaster at the amusement park or an empty plastic bag blows across the frozen, barren beaches ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Laura Neill, review, theater, Winter People

GIRLHOOD, INTERRUPTED: THE TRAGIC ECSTASY OF GIRLHOOD AT BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS’ THEATRE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 18, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Danielle Palmer, Amanda Figueroa, Stephanie Castillo, and Tatiana Chavez. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky.

 

★★★☆☆

 

Four young girls who have all come to live in a state-run home under different circumstances grapple with the death of Amber, their friend and housemate whose suicide rocks their already unstable lives.

 

Written by Kira Rockwell,  ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Amanda Figueroa, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, boston university, Danielle Palmer, Kira Rockwell, Leila Ghaemi, Sarah Hirsch, Stephanie Castillo, Tatiana Chavez

DIG THIS: OREGON FAIL, PROHIBITION BALL, AND THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 30, 2015 Filed Under: DigThis

Go forth and explore this week. Stuff is still happening you know.

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: 14 Foot 1, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Burro Karaoke, Holiday Music, ImprovBoston, Lucky's Lounge, Math Rock, Midway Cafe, MIT, One-Minute Play Festival, Oregon Fail, Prohibition Ball, Social Swing, The Owens, The Painted Burro

JOHN OLIVER + TRAILER APOCALYPSE + HOME ALONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 23, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, DigThis

What to do and where to do it.

Filed Under: A+E, DigThis Tagged With: Aeronaut, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston Pops, BSO, Chekhov, Home Alone, Huntington, john oliver, John Williams, Last Week Tonight, NYE, One Minute Play Fest, Stephen Colbert, The Wilbur, Trailer Apocalypse, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

DIG THIS: JOHN OLIVER + TRAILER APOCALYPSE + HOME ALONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 23, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, DigThis

What to do and where to do it.

Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, DigThis Tagged With: Aeronaut, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston Pops, BSO, Chekhov, Home Alone, Huntington, john oliver, John Williams, Last Week Tonight, NYE, One Minute Play Fest, Stephen Colbert, The Wilbur, Trailer Apocalypse, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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