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Fairview

February 26, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Cast

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

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.

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