New Repertory Theatre

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.

A PROVOCATIVE BUT PATCHY STRAIGHT WHITE MEN AT NEW REP

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Michael Kaye, Ken Cheeseman, Shelley Bolman, and Dennis Trainor Jr. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

★★★☆☆

New Repertory Theatre has kicked off its new season with a play that is a welcome but surprising choice for the sleepy Watertown theater company. Straight White Men, a provocative ... read more

A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED LONELY PLANET AT NEW REP

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

Michael Kaye and Tim Spears. Photo by Andrew Brilliant / Brilliant Pictures.

★★★★☆

New Repertory Theatre continues its compelling Statements of Survival series with a 25th anniversary production of Steven Dietz’s 1993 AIDS drama Lonely Planet, which will run through March 4 in New Rep’s intimate black box theater.

Co-produced ... read more

BACK TO ANATEVKA

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 23, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Austin Pendleton made his Broadway debut in 1964 when he created the role of Motel in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof. His performance as the nervous, loveable, determined tailor is immortalized on the classic cast album and has served as the gold-standard blueprint to anyone who has played Motel since.