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Yale Vermilion Theater: Bridging Cultures and Breaking Boundaries

Written by ARTEMIS HUANG Posted August 25, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Scene from “Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land.” Photo courtesy of Yale Vermilion Theater.

The first bilingual production of an iconic Chinese play to be staged in Cambridge this weekend

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: bilingual, Cambridge, china, Chinese, English, Massachusetts, play, student, theater

“WALKING IT OFF” SOCIAL TO TAKE PLACE IN CHINATOWN

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted August 27, 2021 Filed Under: A+E

The event is meant to support individuals from API communities

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Art, Chinatown, discussion, play, social

THE OTHER RACISM

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted May 29, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, Performing Arts

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, Performing Arts Tagged With: African Mean Girls, colorism, play, racism, School Girls

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

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

THE ART OF MAKING ART

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 19, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., Andy Warhol, background, Cambridge, Dan Butler, play, recording, review, Stephen Spinella, theater, Truman Capote

IN THE SPIRIT

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 24, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Audiences, as well, have been impressed and moved by the play, especially those who have recently lost a loved one.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Center for the Arts, christopher grace, coincidences, edgar cayce, jane roberts, little seer, marlborough, MATT SCHAFFER, mediums, omens, play, seances, simon says, trances

THEATER PREVIEW: OBEHI JANICE SET TO INSPIRE WITH “FUFU & OREOS”

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 4, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“I actually want you to be a little changed when you leave the theater. That’s my goal.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aditi Kapil, Bridge Rep, Company One, Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy, fufu, georgetown university, inspiration, nigerian american, obehi janice, one woman, oreos, performing arts, play, rebecca bradshaw, theater

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