Play (2007)
by Complicite
Originally conceived and directed by Simon McBurney
Devised by the original company
Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
October 16 – November 16, 2014
An account of the relationship between the great early twentieth century mathematicians G.H.Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan interwoven with a contemporary love story featuring a woman mathematician.
Plays
King Lear
Play (1606)
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theatre
Boston, MA
October 15-23, 2014
A lively and ultimately poignant take on the great tragedy about a deluded and befuddled monarch who finally comes to realize the truth about love and devotion.
Far From Heaven
Musical (2014)
Music by Scott Frankel
Lyrics by Michael Korie
Book by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Speakeasy Stage Company
Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston, MA
September 12 – October 11, 2014
A surprisingly good musical adaptation of the eponymous 2002 film set in the 1950s about a woman, trapped in a marriage with a closeted gay man, who falls in love with her black gardener.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Play (2012)
by Todd Kreidler
based on the screenplay of the 1967 film of the same name
by William Rose
Directed by David Esbjornson
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
September 5 – October 5, 2014
A beautifully executed and moving account of the original film drama, now adapted to the stage, about an impending marriage between a black man and a white woman, set in the late 1960s in San Francisco.
Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight
Play
by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Judy Braha
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
September 4 – October 5, 2014
A sometimes lively, impressionistic account of a unique woman physicist in eighteenth century France who spurns convention in various ways. She was also Voltaire’s long-time lover.