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ROLAND IN THE DEEP: FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE DEBUTS AT THE LYRIC STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 12, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Davron S. Monroe with Asher Denburg. Photo by Mark S. Howard.

 

★★★★★

 

The Front Porch Arts Collective raised a few eyebrows this past spring when its name was found in the season announcements of three prominent Boston theater companies: Central Square Theater, Greater Boston Stage Company, and the Lyric Stage, Boston’s ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Asher Denburg, daniel beaty, Davron S. Monroe, Dawn M. Simmons, Doug Gerber, Front Porch Arts Collective, Lyric Stage, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Nile Scott Hawver, roland hayes, Yewande Odetoyinbo

FRONT PORCH PUSHES THEATRICAL DIVERSITY

Written by JUAN A. RAMIREZ Posted November 29, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

A new black-led Boston theater company prepares its inaugural season

 

The hard truth about Boston is that it’s a fairly racist city. It’s evident in its social dynamics and made painfully (in)visible in its cultural scene. At least Dawn M. Simmons, the artistic director of the city’s first black-led professional theater ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Dawn M. Simmons, Front Porch Arts Collective, Lyric Stage, review, roland hayes, theater

ROCK SOLID: ELIJA ROCK BRINGS HIS THIRD TURN AS ROLAND HAYES TO THE PARAMOUNT

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted January 29, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Woven throughout the beautiful juxtaposition of Southern spirituals and rich opera, Breath & Imagination tells the story of an artist of color in a world that built on racial stereotypes and oppression.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: african american, ArtsEmerson, breath & imagination, daniel beaty, elija rock, i dream: boston, naacp theatre award, opera, paramount, performance, residency project, roland hayes, southern, spirituals, theater

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