Play (2017)
by Kate Hamill
from the novel by
William Makepeace Thackeray
Directed by David R. Gammons
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
January 23 – February 23, 2020
A fun and pantomimish interpretation of the eighteenth century comedy of manners.
Plays
Pass Over
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.
Parade
Musical (1998)
Music and lyrics by
Jason Robert Brown
Book by Alfred Uhry
An excellent production of the musical based on a true story about Leo Frank, a Jew who was unjustly indicted for a murder in Atlanta in 1914.
Moby Dick: A Musical Reckoning
Musical (2019)
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy
Based on the novel by
Herman Melville
Developed with and directed by Rachel Chavrin
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
December 3, 2019 –
January 12, 2020
A freewheeling musical adaptation of the great American novel.
The Seagull
Play (1896)
by Anton Chekhov
An Original Adaptation
Directed by Igor Golyak
Arlekin Players
Arlekin Players Theatre
368 Hillside Ave, Needham, MA
November 8 – December 15, 2019
With Anne Gottlieb, Nael Nacer
A dark and intimate interpretation of the comedy of manners about a younger writer and an older one, and entangled love in various unsuccessful forms.