Play (2014)
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 14 – October 13, 2018
A tragicomedy about an African-American off-duty cop in New York, wounded by a white cop, being pressured into accepting a financial settlement in exchange for withdrawing charges.
Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through The M.I.T. Male Math Maze
Play
Written and performed by
Gioia De Cari
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge
September 12-23, 2018
A beautifully performed one-woman show about her experiences as a graduate student in math at M.I.T.
The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Musical (1993)
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
based on the novel by Manuel Puig
Directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area
August 31 – October 7, 2018
A webful of wonderful performances in the musical based on the celebrated novel about two Argentinian prisoners, one of whom is a political activist, and one of whom is gay and has an obsession with movies.
Heads Up: America To Me
Television
10 part series documentary
Directed by Steve James
America To Me
Screening at Boston Public Library
September 13, 2018
Series premieres on the Starz network
on August 26, 2018
An incisive multipart documentary about implicit racism set in the Oak Park River Forest High School in suburban Chicago.
Alex McAleer of
Champions of Magic
Interview
Performance, Magic Show
Champions of Magic
Boch Center
September 20-23, 2018
Talking with Alex McAleer, the mind-reader of Champions of Magic, a group of five wizards with very different astounding talents, coming to Boston – for the first time – soon.