★★★☆☆ 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, was so difficult that even Tom Stoppard—the film’s original co-author—gave up. Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) ultimately got the job done (well, sort of), and his stage […]
MANIFEST DESTINY, MINUS THE MEN
Director Dawn M. Simmons talks Men on Boats at SpeakEasy Stage
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
‘There’s something about this piece and the way it’s written that you just root for Robert and Francesca.’
BOSTON’S BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2016
Organic, frank, funny, and devastating, Lopez laid bare all of the reasons why she is a priceless asset to the Boston theater community.
HONEST PINT: OLDE MAGOUN’S SALOON
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ALL ABOUT DAPHNA: BOSTON CONSERVATORY ALUMNA TALKS HER LATEST ROLE IN “BAD JEWS”
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.
