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THE BEST THEATER IN GREATER BOSTON OF 2020

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

A recap of the performing arts in a tumultuous year.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: 2020, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, SpeakEasy Stage Company, theater, Vanity Fair

TOP TEN THEATRE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 31, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

The 10 Best Productions of 2015

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: & 3), & the Great Comet of 1812, 2, a little night music, american repertory theater, appropriate, Come Bacl, Company One, Dry Land, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, huntington theatre company, little sheba, My Fair Lady, Natasha, Pierre, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Lyric Stage Company, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Soike

SUMMER SMOCK: HARVEY FIERSTEIN’S CASA VALENTINA

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 19, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

SpeakEasy presents the Boston premiere of Harvey Fierstein’s newest play

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Casa Valentina, Harvey Fierstein, Scott Edmiston, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Will McGarrahan

ART-Y HANGS: REAP THE CULTURAL BOUNTY IN TOWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 4, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Whether you’re new to Boston or you’ve just returned for another semester, students—and young people in general—are eligible for some of the best deals in the city.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., Boston Symphony Orchestra, Company One, deals, huntington theatre company, ICA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Lyric Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, student guide

MOTHERS AND SONS: TEARS AND TRUTHS IN SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY’S LATEST

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted May 13, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

At its core, Mothers and Sons tells the story of a mother and a widower who still struggle to let go, and who have tried and failed to find comfort in each other.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: AIDS, Calderwood Pavilion, Liam Lurker, Michael Kaye, mothers and sons, Nancy E. Carroll, Nile Hawver, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Terrence McNally

GO FISH: SAM SIMAHK SHINES IN NEW ADAPTATION OF BIG FISH

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

While the more compact cast allows for a greater sense of magic and mobility, the most disconcerting aspect of the performance comes into play during the many flashbacks that occur as Edward’s tall tales are recounted.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: arts, Aubin Wise, BCA, big fish, bluegrass, Calderwood Pavilion, Ewan McGregor, jackson daly, Jessica Lange, Lee David Skunes, Marion Cotillard, sam simahk, SpeakEasy Stage Company, theatre, Tim Burton

YEAR IN REVIEW: STAGE SPOTLIGHT

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 30, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

A look at 2014’s most memorable Boston theater experiences.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT, Aditi Kapil, American Rep, Anton Chekov, ArtsEmerson, Brahman/i, Bridge Repertory Theater, Choreography, Company One, David R. Gammons, Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy, dysphoria, Finding Neverland, Founder’s Hall of Pine Manor College, gender identity, harvard, Hello Again, Hungtington Theatre Company, intersectionality, Isango Ensemble, John Kuntz, Jonathan Bernstein, Lydia R. Diamon, M. Bevin O’Gara, Mark Dornford-May, Melia Bensussen, Michael Bello, Mozart, Necessary Monsters, Peter DuBois, post-colonialis, Quincy Beth Harris, race relations, Smart People, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Susan Misner, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, The Shape She Makes, theater

‘NECESSARY MONSTERS’ IS ECCENTRIC AND ESSENTIAL

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 8, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

More than just an exercise in avant-imagination, “Necessary Monsters” is blisteringly funny and critical.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: BCA, Calderwood Pavilion, David R. Gammons, director, eccentric, John Kuntz, Necessary Monsters, Playwright, review, Saw, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Beehive, theater, theatre, Thomas Derrah

ALL ABOUT DAPHNA: BOSTON CONSERVATORY ALUMNA TALKS HER LATEST ROLE IN “BAD JEWS”

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted October 22, 2014 Filed Under: A+E

Three weeks into rehearsals of Josh Harmon's “Bad Jews”—a dark comedy that has raised eyebrows for its name and received critical acclaim for its previous runs—Alison McCartan sits with her back to a cluttered studio apartment set and explains her discovery of the play while selling merch in New York City, and how she got from there to landing the role of the ever-abrasive Daphna Feygenbaum herself.

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: actress, Alison McCartan, alumni, Bad Jews, BCA online, Boston Conservatory, Boston Conservatory alumni, Calderwood Pavilion, Daphna, Daphna Feygenbaum, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Gillian Mariner Gordon, Jonah, Joshua Harmon, Liam, Manhattan, McCartan, Melody, Missourian, New England Premiere, New York City, rebecca bradshaw, SpeakEasy, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Tracee Chimo

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