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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.

 

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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 WEED GROWS IN PHILLY: LEFTOVERS AT COMPANY ONE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted July 25, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Christian Scales. Photo by Paul Fox.

 

★★★☆☆

 

Like many Summer Williams productions, Josh Wilder’s Leftovers is a big-hearted play with big ideas that takes big risks. In this world premiere production, which will ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Christian Scales, Colgan B Johnson, Company One, Dorchester, Josh Wilder, Kadahj Bennett, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Marc Pierre, Strand Theatre, Summer L. Williams

NO, BITCH. BEWARE: COMPANY ONE WIGS OUT AT OBERON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Miles Jordan & Deen Rawlins. Liza Voll Photography.

 

★★☆☆☆

 

“Stonewall has come crumbling down and Paris is still burning,” say the swaggerific Greek-inspired fates at the top of Wig Out! “Here, where one night can leave you ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aliyah Harris, Ally Dawson, american repertory theater, Cambridge, Company One, Deen Rawlins, Dev Blair, Drag, gender, Juan Carlos Pinedo, Justin Paice, Krystal Hernandez, Miles Jordan, Moonlight, Nick Dussault, Oberon, sexuality, Shawn Verrier, Signey Monroe, Summer L. Williams, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Trinidad Ramkissoon, Tyler Kinney, Wig Out

BELIEVE THE HYPE: HYPE MAN AT COMPANY ONE THEATRE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted February 7, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Kadahj Bennett, Michael Knowlton, and Rachel Cognata - Photo by Paul Fox

★★★★★

 

It’s no big secret that white musicians have found a hell of a lot of success standing on the backs of the musical innovations of black artists. From ragtime and the blues through rock and hip-hop, there’s been an almost revolving array of superstars that ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Company One, Hype Man, Idris Goodwin, Kadahj Bennett, Michael Knowlton, Rachel Cognata, Shawn LaCount

WHAT’S FAIR IS FOUL: ‘PEERLESS’ AT COMPANY ONE

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

Macbeth meets Heathers in Peerless

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Library, BPL, Christopher Ehlers, Company One, Jiehae Park, Peerless, Rabb Hall, Steven Bogart

SCATTERED PICTURES: DIRECTOR SHAWN LACOUNT ON ‘REALLY’ AT COMPANY ONE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 23, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Company One co-founder Shawn LaCount directs, and here, he reflects on the play’s provocativeness, his collaboration with Matter & Light, and Really’s complicated themes.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alex Portenko, Boston, Calvin, Company One, girlfriend, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Rachel Conata, Really, Shawn LaCount, sowa, theater

A BELATED BOSTON’S BEST PRODUCTIONS OF 2016 (AND ONE IS STILL RUNNING)

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 2, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Though style occasionally prevailed over substance in this exhilarating revival of Sean O’Casey’s 1926 play, this Sean Holmes-directed revival is one of the most well-conceived productions of this decade.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: 1984, american repertory theater, arts emerson, Carousel, Company One, Disgraced, Hamlet, huntington theatre company, Mala, Octoroon, Reagle Music Theatre, Showboat, SpeakEasy Stage, The Plough and Stars, The Scottsboro Boys

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

SUMMER L. WILLIAMS LEADS THE REVOLT

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 27, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. at Company One

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alice Birch, Company One, Revolt, Summer L. Williams

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: AN OCTOROON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted February 4, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon arrives in Boston

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: An Octoroon, appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Company One, Emerson, Jackie Liebergott Black Box, Neighbors, Paramount Center

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