★★★★★ Only about once—maybe twice—a year does a production come along that makes me feel as if I’ve been ignited from the inside out. It takes a special kind of vision—along with all the different theatrical stars lining up just right—to turn a long and (forgive me) boring Chekhov play into the most […]
THEATER REVIEW: THE RETURN AT ISRAELI STAGE
★★★★☆ There has not been a more taut, better-acted production this spring than Israeli Stage’s swan song, The Return. Written by Hanna Eady and Edward Mask, and directed with staggering intensity by Guy Ben-Aharon, the play stars Nael Nacer and Philana Mia as two former lovers who have been pulverized by both each […]
IN BED WITH NAEL NACER
Nael Nacer is one Boston’s finest actors. From his revelatory performance last season in A Number at New Repertory Theatre to his incredible ensemble work earlier this year in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play at Lyric Stage, his performances are invariably distinguished.
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