Play (2014)
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 14 – October 13, 2018
A tragicomedy about an African-American off-duty cop in New York, wounded by a white cop, being pressured into accepting a financial settlement in exchange for withdrawing charges.
Plays
Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through The M.I.T. Male Math Maze
Play
Written and performed by
Gioia De Cari
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge
September 12-23, 2018
A beautifully performed one-woman show about her experiences as a graduate student in math at M.I.T.
The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Musical (1993)
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
based on the novel by Manuel Puig
Directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area
August 31 – October 7, 2018
A webful of wonderful performances in the musical based on the celebrated novel about two Argentinian prisoners, one of whom is a political activist, and one of whom is gay and has an obsession with movies.
Alex McAleer of
Champions of Magic
Interview
Performance, Magic Show
Champions of Magic
Boch Center
September 20-23, 2018
Talking with Alex McAleer, the mind-reader of Champions of Magic, a group of five wizards with very different astounding talents, coming to Boston – for the first time – soon.
The Black Clown
Musical, Play, Performance (2018)
Adapted from
Langston Hughes’ poem
by Davóne Tines and
Michael Schachter
Music by Michael Schachter
Directed by Zack Winokur
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
August 31 – September 23, 2018
Featuring Davóne Tines
An exceedingly well crafted and composed, inventively staged, beautifully sung, and brilliantly choreographed adaptation of the poem by Langston Hughes.