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.
Plays
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.
Fun Home
Musical (2013)
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by
Alison Bechdel
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Musical Direction by Matthew Stern
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
October 19 – November 24, 2018
A nicely produced version of the Broadway hit based on a graphic novel about growing up gay in a household with a gay father who is in a heterosexual marriage.
Macbeth
Play (1606)
by William Shakespeare
In a Modern Verse Translation
by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The United Parish in Brookline
Brookline, MA
September 26 – November 11, 2018
With Nael Nacer as Macbeth
An excellent production of a nicely “translated” version of the great Scottish tragedy about a leader who just could not keep his ego in check.
Equivocation
Play (2009)
by Bill Cain
Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Sanctuary at The United Parish in Brookline
210 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
October 11 – November 10, 2018
A dramatically detailed speculation on the genesis of the writing of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, playing in repertory with the Scottish tragedy itself, making use of much of the same masterful cast.