Colorism is not discussed openly enough in African American, African, and African diasporic communities. It is our third rail, and the pain, embarrassment, and humiliation from its legacy still lingers with us even today.
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN ASKS ‘HOW DO WE MOVE ON?’
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 a totalitarian dictatorship, this riveting psychological thriller pits a former political […]
TRYING TO BE ORDINARY
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 see her mother through the final months of […]
FROM ‘UNADAPTABLE’ TO SPECTACULAR
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 Awards, The Curious Incident is the longest-running Broadway play […]
COME TO THE FUN HOME
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 for over six years. Longer, of course, if you take into […]
THE ART OF MAKING ART
Stephen Spinella and Dan Butler in WARHOLCAPOTE With WARHOLCAPOTE, an unprecedented look at Warhol’s Marilyn portfolio, plus a series of fascinating post-production conversations There is little doubt that WARHOLCAPOTE, now in previews at the American Repertory Theater, is one of the most compelling and hotly anticipated theatrical events of the season. This “non-fiction […]
IN THE SPIRIT
Audiences, as well, have been impressed and moved by the play, especially those who have recently lost a loved one.
THEATER PREVIEW: OBEHI JANICE SET TO INSPIRE WITH “FUFU & OREOS”
“I actually want you to be a little changed when you leave the theater. That’s my goal.”
