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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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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

MAGICAL PROTECTORS: OCEAN WONG’S “OLD MAGICAL GIRLS” INSPIRE, FIGHT MONSTERS

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted August 31, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"Hong Kong doesn’t only lack animation studios, but more importantly, we’re far behind—homosexual marriages are still illegal."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: A+E, animation, arts, books, entertainment, Ocean Wong, Old Magical Girls, theater, visual arts

COVID-19 AND THEATER EDUCATION

Written by KENDALL TAMER Posted June 1, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Performing Arts

An empty Cohen Auditorium at Tufts University. Photo by Kevin Ma, courtesy of Tufts Now.

According to Sheridan Thomas, teaching comedic timing is nearly impossible through a computer screen. Thomas, a teacher of acting and directing at Tufts University, is 70 years old and never had to teach online before COVID-19. She had to adjust to tools like Zoom to conduct her comedic Shakespeare class, and lagging WiFi made a mess of the course. 

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, coronavirus, COVID-19, education, feature, Massachusetts, news, Sheriden Thomas, slider, theater, tufts university

BOSTON STAGE ACTORS FACE SETBACKS BUT FIND INSPIRATION DURING PANDEMIC

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted April 18, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“I’m concerned for the economic welfare and health of our artists, but I’m not afraid and not nervous about what creativity is actually taking place right now.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, coronavirus, COVID-19, slider, theater

DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 30, 2020 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Section of DETROIT RED. Illustrated by Zlatko Mitev

“A lot of people in Boston don’t associate Malcolm X with being a Boston figure. They don’t claim him. Let’s rediscover our own heroes and reclaim them and understand the complexities of who they were.”

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Detroit Red, Emerson Paramount, Greg Cook, Interview, malcolm x, theater, Will Power

RESPONSES TO OUR “CULTURAL REHASH” EDITORIAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial

Practice Space's closing message. Photo courtesy Practice Space and Boston Hassle.

A range of views from readers

Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, community, critique, culture, Dance, David Shaughnessy, DigBoston, Don DiVecchio, economy, editorial response, Emily Bass, engagement, feature, feedback, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, readers, theater, Tim Devin, United States, visual art, world

PASS OVER

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted January 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Actors Kadahj Bennett and Hubens "Bobby" Cius play Moses and Kitch in Pass Over, a co-production by SpeakEasy Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective. Photo by Nile Scott Studios.

A theatrical look at race in America

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Center for the Arts, Front Porch Arts Collective, Pass Over, review, SpeakEasy Stage, theater

THOTBOT HOTSPOT: HOW A GLITCH TEST BEGAT A TRANSMEDIA NARRATIVE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 8, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

"Perspective, belief, memory, social class, education—among many other things—all play a role in shaping how we see and act in the world, but ultimately we are the creators."

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts, Bow Market, glitch test, installation, multimedia, performance, Politics, Reagan Esther Myer, Rebecca Kopycinski, scifi, social class, SOMERVILLE, theater, thotbot, transmedia narrative

LOL ON TRAGEDY

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted January 2, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

A speedy taste of all things Shakespeare

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Abridged, Charlestown Working Theater, parody, review, shakespeare, theater

EDITORIAL: WHY SO MUCH CULTURAL REHASH?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Is the decades-long economic crisis for working people leading to less relevant art?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, critique, culture, Dance, DigBoston, economy, editorial, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, theater, United States, visual art, world

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