Play (1949)
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company
Boston, MA
February 14 – March 15, 2014
A very moving rendition of the classic modern tragedy about work, family and desperation in late middle age, with stellar performances by Ken Baltin and Paula Plum as Willy and Linda Loman.
Up and Coming:
Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna
Circus, Performance
Directed by Diane Paulus
Cirque du Soleil
Boston Marine Industrial Park on the Waterfront, Boston, MA
5/29/2014 –
Tickets to the general public go on sale on 2/28/2014. Presale tickets to Cirque Club members available beforehand. (Please check Amaluna event website to confirm details.)
A show directed by American Repertory Theater artistic director Diane Paulus – which sounds like an interesting feminist adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest – featuring a mysterious island, its queen, Prospera, her daughter, and some shipwrecked suitors.
Man In A Case
Play, Performance, Dance
Adapted from two short stories
by Anton Chekhov
Baryshnikov Productions
ArtsEmerson
Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston
February 25 – March 2, 2014
With Mikhail Baryshnikov
Two short pieces about lost love comprise this multimedia evening made particularly festive by the presence of the great ballet dancer turned actor.
The Cherry Orchard
Play (1904)
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Pine Manor College
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 12 – March 9, 2014
The last of Chekhov’s plays, about an aristocracy in decline, done in a regal setting.
No Place To Go
Concert-Play-Performance
by Ethan Lipton
Music composed and performed by Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra
ArtsEmerson
Liebergott Black Box, Paramount Theater
February 20 – 22, 2014
A wry, witty, poignant, powerful, fun and musically superb theatre-concert piece about the travails of unemployment.