Play (1991)
by Russell Vandenbroucke
based on the stories
A Christmas Memory (1956)
The Thanksgiving Visitor (1967)
by Truman Capote
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
December 9-23, 2012
Two autobiographical tales with a holiday focus, about Truman Capote as a young boy.
Plays
La Belle et La Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
Theater Performance (2012)
Created and Directed by
Michel Lemieux & Victor Pilon
Created and Written by
Pierre Yves Lemieux
Lemieux Pilon 4D Art
ArtsEmerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Boston, MA
December 5 – 9, 2012
A psychological, and contemporary, version of the traditional tale rendered with spectacular technical stagecraft, involving striking video projections and holograms.
The Pianist of Willesden Lane
Play, with music (2012)
Adapted and directed by
Hershey Felder
With Mona Golabek
ArtsEmerson
Boston, MA
November 23 – December 16, 2012
A riveting account of the real-life experience of the talented pianist Lisa Jura – the mother of the performer, Mona Golabek – who grew up in Vienna and was saved from the Nazis in 1938 by means of the kindertransport which at the eleventh hour spirited 10,000 Jewish children abroad.
Betrayal
Play (1978)
by Harold Pinter
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
November 9 – December 9, 2012
A snappy revival of the mid-era Pinter play about infidelity, tracing it backwards through time.
The Chosen
Play (1999)
Adapted by Chaim Potok and Aaron Posner
From the novel by Chaim Potok
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA
October 19 – November 17, 2012
A faithful rendition of the noted novel by Chaim Potok about two Orthodox Jewish boys and their fathers, one a Hasidic rebbe, the other a scholar.