Film (2023)
Written and directed by Chloe Domont
Netflix
Reviewed by Tim Jackson
A recently engaged couple face significant challenges stemming from her promotion at the high powered hedge fund where they both work.
Prayer for the French Republic
Play (2022)
by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Loretta Greco
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
September 7 – October 8, 2023
A play about French anti-Semitism, with settings in Paris in 2016 and the mid-1940s.
Assassins
Musical (1990)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez
Select Choreography by Ilyse Robbins
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
September 15 – October 15, 2023
An excellent rendition of the very weird musical about a passel of assassins of American political figures.
Angels In America
Part 2: Perestroika
Play (1991)
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Eric Tucker
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
September 7 – October 8, 2023
A continuation of the production of the now classic play about AIDS, the first part of which was performed last spring at Central Square, with some standout performances.
Macbeth
Play (1623)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston, MA
July 19 – August 6, 2023
A robust and kinetic version of the Scottish play, and, as well, effectively provides a nice opportunity for some of the more subtle interchanges to come to the fore.