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On Beckett

October 27, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Bill Irwin

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

June 1, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Crystal Aerial Pair

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.

Young Nerds of Color

March 6, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Jim Gates

Play, Performance (2022)
Arranged by Melinda Lopez
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
February 17 – March 20, 2022

A well-intentioned dramatic encouragement for young people of color to enter the sciences.

Witness

January 21, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Passengers aboard St. Louis

Play, Video Performance (2021)
Conceived and Directed by Igor Golyak
Arlekin Players
A multimedia online staged event largely about the refused attempt of the liner St. Louis to bring a boatload of Jewish refugees to Cuba – but also a reflection on contemporary anti-Semitism.

Pass Over

January 23, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Hubens Boby Cius as Kitsch Kadahj Bennett as Moses

Play, Performance (2018)
by Antoinette Nwandu
Directed by Monica White Ndounou

Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 3 – February 2, 2020

A cathartic allegory about two young black men imprisoned within a racist society very much like our own.

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