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Once On This Island

March 17, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Cast

Musical (1990)
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Pascale Florestal
Musical Direction by David Freeman Coleman
Speakeasy Stage
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
March 11 – April 16, 2022

An exuberant and beautifully produced piece of story theater about a love affair across classes and racial divides on an island in the French Antilles .

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.

What The Constitution Means To Me

February 23, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Heidi Schreck and Cassie Beck

Play (2017)
by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
With Cassie Beck
Huntington Theatre Company
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater District, Boston
February 22 – March 20, 2022

An energetic and potent rendition of the autobiographical play performed originally by the playwright, now with a different star, still scintillating and captivating.

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.

The Last Five Years

December 9, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

The Last Five Years

Musical (2001)
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
Lyric Stage
Copley Square area, Boston
November 12 – December 12, 2021

With Jared Troilo and Kira Troilo
Jamie and Cathy are getting divorced, or maybe they are getting married, or both. That’s the way it is in this poignant two-person musical in which one character goes forward and the other backward in time.

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