Play (2017)
An Artist’s Journey Along The Trail of Tears
Written and performed by DeLanna Studi
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
Theater District, Boston
April 26-30, 2023
A one-woman autobiographical account of coming to terms with her Cherokee background.
Performance Art
Shadows Cast
Performance
Direction and Choreography by Raphaëlle Boitel
Arts Emerson
Emerson Paramount Theater
Washington Street, Boston
March 30 – April 2, 2023
A compelling tragicomic exploration of familial psychology through the medium of acrobatic dance, enhanced by magical lighting design.
Fairview
Play (2019)
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Pascale Florestal
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
February 17 – March 11, 2023
More of a theater event than a play per se, an unsettling reflection on racism that starts with a domestic comedy and takes off from there.
On Beckett
Performance (2022)
Conceived and performed by Bill Irwin
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
Theater District, Boston
October 28-30, 2022
A stupendous performance by the brilliant mime and actor Bill Irwin who leads a scintillating tour through works of Samuel Beckett, illuminating them with incisive commentary and hysterically funny clowning.
Crystal
Circus, Performance
Cirque du Soleil
Agannis Arena
Boston University
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
June 1-12, 2022
A wonderful show on ice, with Cirque du Soleil’s typically wonderful and inventive combination of acrobatics, juggling, etc, embellished with superbly conceived art and choreography held together with a gentle narrative, with – in this case – the added speed and grace of skating.