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‘ADMISSIONS’ AT SPEAKEASY: WHEN WHITENESS IS REFLECTED BACK AT ITSELF

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 12, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

While it is easy to dismiss this group of wealthy parents as depraved, morally bankrupt, and awash in white privilege, Harmon’s Admissions illustrates the length at which high-minded, politically correct, and supposedly “woke” white liberals will also go to get their children into top-tier colleges and universities.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Admissions, admissions scandal, Boston, Joshua Harmon, Lori Loughlin, SpeakEasy, theater, UCLA

JOE SENT ME, CAMBRIDGE

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE

Not really a speakeasy, but a great neighborhood bar  

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Bars, eats, Joe Sent Me, Marc Hurwitz, SpeakEasy

THE CAST SIZZLES IN AN UNEVEN SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE AT SPEAKEASY STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Shakespeare in Love

 

★★★☆☆

 

The fault, dear reader, is not in the production, but in the play.

 

The job of adapting Shakespeare in Love, 1999’s Academy Award-winning best picture, ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: review, SpeakEasy, theater

MANIFEST DESTINY, MINUS THE MEN

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 7, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Director Dawn M. Simmons talks Men on Boats at SpeakEasy Stage

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: 1869, Dawn M. Simmons, expedition, Jaclyn Backhaus, John Wesley Powell, Men on Boats, SpeakEasy

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted April 26, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

'There’s something about this piece and the way it’s written that you just root for Robert and Francesca.'

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Christopher Ehlers, Far From Heaven, Jennifer Ellis, Marsha Norman, My Fair Lady, SpeakEasy, The Bridges of Madison County

BOSTON’S BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2016

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 21, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Organic, frank, funny, and devastating, Lopez laid bare all of the reasons why she is a priceless asset to the Boston theater community.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, An Octorron, ArtsEmerson, Becca A. Lewis, Brandon Green, Company One, Doug Lockwood, Eugene Lee, Fiddler on the Roof, Hilda Fay, How I Learned What I Learned, Huntington, Jeremiah Kissel, Kirsten Salpani, Lyric Stage, Mala, Melinda Lopez, Murder for Two, Regular Singing, Richard ii, shakespeare, SpeakEasy, The Scottsboro Boys

HONEST PINT: OLDE MAGOUN’S SALOON

Written by JEFF LAWRENCE Posted February 8, 2016 Filed Under: Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE

Killer Bourbon, Exceptional Craft Beer and Ridiculously Good Food

Filed Under: Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Andechs Dunkel, Badiche Pils, be hoppy, Buffalo Trace, craft beer, Downeast Cider, Greg Coughlin, Howard Haywood, Medford, oktoberfest, Olde Magoun's Saloon, SpeakEasy, wormtown

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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