A theatrical look at race in America
PASS OVER
Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
SpeakEasy Stage
PASS OVER
THE BEST PRODUCTIONS OF 2019
They had style, they had grace. Alice Ripley gave good face.
As we come to the close of another theatrical year, it’s time to not only name the best productions of the year, but to reflect on the year’s theatrical offerings as a whole. Some years there are trends; some years there aren’t. And sometimes when ...
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.
Boston’s larger stages don’t need to be more like the movies. They need to be more like the small stages.
BOYS TO MEN: AN ASTOUNDING ENSEMBLE GIVES LIFE TO CHOIR BOY
★★★★☆
A 2019 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy is receiving a spirited, well-acted New England premiere at Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage Company, ...
SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
THE UNIMAGINABLE BEAUTY OF ONCE AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
BEST OF BOSTON THEATER: 2018 EDITION
This 2018 edition of the best of Boston theater is the fourth time I’ve sat down to compile such a list but the first time I haven’t struggled to fill it. Last year, I capped the list at seven because the thought of shoving things in just to get to 10 hurt my soul.
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A SOARING FUN HOME AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
★★★★☆
Based on the 2006 best-selling graphic memoir of the same title by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home recreates Bechdel’s childhood and adolescent memories: how she ...
ALLEGIANCE FAILS TO COMMAND AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
★★☆☆☆
It’s hard not to at least try to root for Allegiance, the awfully bad but well-intentioned musical that is currently limping through its East Coast regional premiere at SpeakEasy Stage.
The musical, which opened on Broadway in 2015 after a 2012 world ...
ALLEGIANCE AND NINJAS AND PORNSTARS, OH MY!
A candid take with George Takei
As an actor, director, author, and activist, George Takei has led more lives than the coolest of cool cats. While he is perhaps most well-known for playing USS Enterprise ...
