Play (1879)
by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area
January 6 – February 5, 2017
A tautly directed and powerfully staged rendition of the Ibsen classic, in a recent translation and adaptation by a British feminist playwright.
Plays
Hand To God
Play (2011)
by Robert Askins
Directed by David R. Gammons
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 6 – February 4, 2017
A wackily unleashed improvisation on what happens when, as part of what is meant to be a disciplined church puppet program in central Texas, the puppets begin to think and speak for themselves.
Fiddler on the Roof
Musical (1964)
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Directed by Austin Pendleton
Music direction by F. Wade Russo
Choreography by Kelli Edwards
New Repertory Theater
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
December 2, 2016 – January 11, 2017
A terrific, kick-ass production of the fifty-two year old classic based on stories by Sholem Aleichem.
Bedroom Farce
Play (1975)
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Maria Aitken
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
November 11 – December 11, 2016
A delightfully silly British comedy set simultaneously in three bedrooms in different homes.
Mala
Play (2016)
Written and performed by
Melinda Lopez
Directed by David Dower
ArtsEmerson
Liebergott Black Box
Paramount Theater
Theater district, Boston
October 27 – November 20, 2016
A collage-like one-woman play inspired by the deaths of the playwright-actor’s parents.