Play (2012)
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by A. Nora Long
Lyric Stage Company
Boston, MA
October 17 – November 9, 2014
A superbly subtle two person play based on the letters of poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, exquisitely acted.
Bad Jews
Play (2013)
by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
October 24 – November 29, 2014
A beautifully written and directed play involving an hysterically funny give and take between three Jewish cousins and a non-Jewish girlfriend.
Whiplash
Film (2014)
Written and directed by Damien Chazelle
A brutally severe music teacher in a jazz academy works over a promising young drummer.
The Magic Flute
Opera (1791)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Created by Isango Ensemble
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music arranged by Pauline Malefane
and Mandisi Dyantyis
Presented by Eric Abraham and
ArtsEmerson
Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theater
Boston, MA
October 21-26, 2014
Mozart with Marimba and a hint of Motown, a really energetic, fabulously fun take on the master’s late, great singspiel.
A Disappearing Number
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.