Performance, Play
by Manual Cinema
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Center
Theater District, Boston
January 16-27, 2019
A wild, wonderfully bizarre, and entertaining combination of puppetry, film, live acting, and music with a moving underlying story.
Plays
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Play (2017)
by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Les Waters
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall Area, Boston
January 4 – February 3, 2019
A sequel to the Ibsen classic, set fifteen years later.
Small Mouth Sounds
Play (2016)
by Bess Wohl
Directed by M. Bevin O’Gara
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 4 – February 2, 2019
With Marianna Bassham, Nael Nacer, Celeste Oliva
A terrific production of a funny but moving play, largely wordless, set in a silent meditation retreat.
Man In The Ring
Play (2018)
by Michael Cristofer
Directed by Michael Greif
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
November 16 – December 22, 2018
A superb production of a play about the life of Emile Griffith, a middleweight boxing champion who was, among other things, gay.
WET: A DACAmented Journey
Play, Performance
Directed by Brisa Areli Munoz
Written and Performed by Alex Alpharaoh
Cara Mia Theatre and Ignite/Arts Dallas Production
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
November 8 – 25, 2018
A compelling one-man performance about the challenge to leave and re-enter the United States as a DACA resident.