• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

Central Square Theater

SHE SEES IT, SHE LIKES IT, SHE WANTS IT, SHE GETS IT: VANITY FAIR AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

There are two directors in Boston that I would wholeheartedly call fearless: One is Igor Golyak of Needham’s Arlekin Players, and the other is David R. Gammons, whose current mounting of Kate Hamill’s Vanity ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Central Square Theater, Ciara McAloon, David Keohane, David R. Gammons, David Wilson, Debra Wise, Evan Turissini, Jeff Adleberg, Josephine Mosiri Elwood, Kate Hamill, Malikah McHerrin-Cobb, Paul Melendy, Stewart Evan Smith

BEST OF BOSTON THEATER: 2018 EDITION

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

Best of Boston Theater: 2018 Edition

 

This 2018 edition of the best of Boston theater is the fourth time I’ve sat down to compile such a list but the first time I haven’t struggled to fill it. Last year, I capped the list at seven because the thought of shoving things in just to get to 10 hurt my soul.

 

 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Apollinaire Theatre, Broadway in Boston, Central Square Theater, Colonial Theatre, Company One, Hamilton, huntington theatre company, moonbox productions, Moulin Rouge, SpeakEasy Stage, Underground Railway Theater, Zeitgeist Stage

A FEARLESS, AND THEREFORE POWERFUL, FRANKENSTEIN AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER

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

Ashley Risteen, David Keohane, John Kuntz, Debra Wise, and Omar Robinson in FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Nile Scott Studios.

 

★★★★☆

 

It’s likely that when you hear the name Frankenstein a very specific image comes to mind, one that probably involves green skin, stitches, and a pair of bolts.

 

The first thing to know about this production of Frankenstein ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Ashley Risteen, Central Square Theater, Cristina Todesco, David Keohane, David R. Gammons, David Wilson, Debra Wise, Frankenstein, Jeff Adelberg, John Kuntz, Mary Shelley, MIT, Nick Dear, Nora Theatre Company, Omar Robinson, Rachel Padula, Remo Airaldi, Underground Railway Theater

AN ALL-MALE LIAISONS AND AN ALL-FEMALE DIVAS MISS THEIR MARK

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

Stewart Evan Smith & Dan Whelton. Photo A.R. Sinclair Photography

Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Central Square Theater

 

 

★★☆☆☆

 

The idea of an all-male Les Liaisons Dangereuses is one that I find appealing. On paper, at least, such a concept could offer up some fascinating observations about ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Central Square Theater, Christopher Hampton, Dan Whelton, Eddie Shields, Elizabeth Rocha, Greg Maraio, James Wechsler, Janie E Howland, John R Malinowski, John Tracey, Laura Neill, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Nora Theatre Company, OperaHub, Stewart Evan Smith

A GRIPPING GUARDS AT THE TAJ AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 21, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Harsh J. Gagoomal & Jacob Aythal in Guards at the Taj. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.

 

★★★★☆

 

Rajiv Joseph’s alluringly original 2015 play Guards at the Taj is being given a stellar production at Central Square Theater, courtesy of Underground Railway Theater and director Gabriel Vega Weissman.

 

It seems that Joseph, a Pulitzer Prize finalist ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Benjamin Emerson, Cambridge, Central Square Theater, Gabriel Vega Weissman, Grace Laubacher, Harsh Gagoomal, Jacob Athyal, Rajiv Joseph, Reza Behjat, Theater Review, Underground Railway Theater

AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER, PROOF DOESN’T QUITE ADD UP

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Cheryl Daro & Lisa Nguyen in Proof. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.

 

★★☆☆☆

 

By the time that David Auburn’s Proof closed on Broadway in 2003 after over 900 performances, it was the biggest nonmusical hit in two decades, a record it still holds ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Avery Bargar, Catalyst Collaborative, Central Square Theater, Cheryl Daro, David Auburn, Lisa Nguyen, Michael Tow, Michelle Aguillon, MIT, Nora Theatre Company

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

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
  • The Most Expensive Massachusetts City For Car Insurance (No, It’s Not Boston)
  • If You Find A Mini Felted Animal Around Boston, This Is Where It Came From
  • Photo Dispatch: “Ukraine Day” Rally In Boston’s Copley Square
  • THROWBACK SPECIAL FOR MARCH MADNESS IN MASS: THE KING OF BOSTON BASKETBALL

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com