Play (1938)
Music by Hans Krása
Libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister
Adapted by Tony Kushner (2005)
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
March 6 – April 6, 2014
An adaptation of Brundibar, the imaginative musical written and performed at the Terezin concentration camp during World War II, with the contextual tale written by Tony Kushner, But The Giraffe!, set in a household on the verge of deportation.
Plays
Death of a Salesman
Play (1949)
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company
Boston, MA
February 14 – March 15, 2014
A very moving rendition of the classic modern tragedy about work, family and desperation in late middle age, with stellar performances by Ken Baltin and Paula Plum as Willy and Linda Loman.
Man In A Case
Play, Performance, Dance
Adapted from two short stories
by Anton Chekhov
Baryshnikov Productions
ArtsEmerson
Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston
February 25 – March 2, 2014
With Mikhail Baryshnikov
Two short pieces about lost love comprise this multimedia evening made particularly festive by the presence of the great ballet dancer turned actor.
The Cherry Orchard
Play (1904)
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Pine Manor College
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 12 – March 9, 2014
The last of Chekhov’s plays, about an aristocracy in decline, done in a regal setting.
No Place To Go
Concert-Play-Performance
by Ethan Lipton
Music composed and performed by Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra
ArtsEmerson
Liebergott Black Box, Paramount Theater
February 20 – 22, 2014
A wry, witty, poignant, powerful, fun and musically superb theatre-concert piece about the travails of unemployment.