Film (2018)
Directed by Wash Westmoreland
With Keira Knightley, Dominic West
A pointed, well-crafted, and persuasive biopic about the talented late nineteenth-century French novelist.
The Niceties
Play (2018)
by Eleanor Burgess
World Premiere
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
August 31 – October 6, 2018
A searing two-woman university drama pitting an African-American student against her middle-aged white English professor.
Between Riverside and Crazy
Play (2014)
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 14 – October 13, 2018
A tragicomedy about an African-American off-duty cop in New York, wounded by a white cop, being pressured into accepting a financial settlement in exchange for withdrawing charges.
Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through The M.I.T. Male Math Maze
Play
Written and performed by
Gioia De Cari
The Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge
September 12-23, 2018
A beautifully performed one-woman show about her experiences as a graduate student in math at M.I.T.
The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Musical (1993)
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
based on the novel by Manuel Puig
Directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area
August 31 – October 7, 2018
A webful of wonderful performances in the musical based on the celebrated novel about two Argentinian prisoners, one of whom is a political activist, and one of whom is gay and has an obsession with movies.