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 .
Plays
Young Nerds of Color
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
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.
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.
The Merchant of Venice
Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Igor Golyak
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 23 – October 17, 2021
At first, a rambunctious take-off on the Shakespearean original, contextualizing the interior drama with a heavy dose of pantomime, but ultimately tonally complex and attentive to the problematic nature of the play.