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DEATH AND THE MAIDEN ASKS ‘HOW DO WE MOVE ON?’

Written by DAN PECCI Posted February 2, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Flora Diaz as Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden

 

A QUESTION OF COMEUPPANCE?

 

With their latest offering in an ambitiously political season, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) tackles the modern classic Death and the Maiden by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman.

 

Set in an unnamed country still reeling from the aftermath of ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Death and the Maiden, director, Flora Diaz, Interview, Lead, play, Steven Maler, theater

TRYING TO BE ORDINARY

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 8, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Melinda Lopez in Mala

 

Melinda Lopez readies Mala for its Boston return

 

Last fall, ArtsEmerson presented the world premiere of Mala, Huntington playwright-in-residence Melinda Lopez’s gorgeous, deeply personal, and unforgettable one-woman play about loss, family, and what it means to be human.

 

In the midst of trying to ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Huntington Theater, Interview, Lead, Mala, Melinda Lopez, play, Playwright, theater

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL AND SHE’S HERE

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

Carrie Compere (Sofia) and the North American tour cast of THE COLOR PURPLE. Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2017.

The Color Purple is giving Boston a lot to be thankful for

 

The acclaimed, Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple has finally made its way to Boston. Talk about something to be grateful for this holiday season.

 

This musical version of Alice Walker’s gorgeous 1982 masterwork first debuted in 2005 with Oprah Winfrey on board as lead producer. ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, Carrie Compere, Color Purple, Interview, Lead, Musical, Shubert, theater

STATE WIRE: ADVOCATES TELL LAWMAKERS TO GET THE LEAD OUT

Written by ANDREA SEARS Posted October 30, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The bill would require the replacement of lead service lines, the largest single source of lead in drinking water, to schools and daycare centers, and installation of filters on taps and fountains.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, BPS, daycare centers, lawmakers, Lead, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, schools, service lines, State House, Water

FROM ‘UNADAPTABLE’ TO SPECTACULAR

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 18, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Eliott Purcell readies The Curious Incident for SpeakEasy Stage

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time isn’t just one of the biggest nonmusical Broadway hits in recent memory, but rather of the last decade. Running for almost 800 performances and winning five Tony ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: actor, broadway, director, Eliott Purcell, Lead, Mark Haddon, novel, play, SpeakEasy Stage, theater, Tony, tour

COME TO THE FUN HOME

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 11, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Fun Home Tour

Fun Home’s incredible journey & a change of major for actress Abby Corrigan

 

By the time that Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, the Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron musical had been—in some form or another—in gestation and steadily picking up steam ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Abby Corrigan, actor, Alison Bechdel, broadway, Lead, off broadway, play, theater, Tony, tour

LET THE POT IN AND GET THE LEAD OUT

Written by WARREN LYNCH Posted May 15, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

A story about priorities (and bloodsport politics) in Malden

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: City Council, Councilor John Matheson, David D’Arcangelo, dunkin donuts, Environment, Jefferson Apartment Group, Lead, lead water, Malden, Malden Water Department, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, MassDEP, Neil Kinnon, Ryan O’Malley, Warren Lynch

BOSTON HIP-HOP REPS FOR FLINT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC

"We can't keep expecting other people to do what we ourselves know we can do, and in this case it’s show support for the community of Flint."

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: #HipHop4Flint, benefit, Boston, Flint, Foundation Movement, Lead, Michigan, New Bedford

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