Play
by Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
December 1-31, 2017
An incisive show about a Japanese-American man, Gordon Hirabayashi, who resisted domestic internment during World War II, was imprisoned as a result, and who subsequently fought for his exoneration in an extensive court battle.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Play (1970)
by Dario Fo
Directed by James Peter Sotis
Praxis Stage
First Church
Marlborough Street, Boston
November 30 – December 17, 2017
An intimate account on the now classic comic-surrealistic take on an historic account of the mysterious death of an anarchist held in police custody.
Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility
Play
by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel (1811) by
Jane Austen
Staging and direction by Eric Tucker
Bedlam
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
December 10 – January 14, 2017
A beautifully staged and choreographed takeoff, by New York’s innovative Bedlam theatre company, on the early Jane Austen novel about two sisters navigating the seas of love.
Darkest Hour
Film (2017)
Directed by Joe Wright
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Music by Dario Marianelli
With Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas
A very good dramatization of Churchill’s transition to power during the early phases of World War II at a time when Britain, and Europe, were on the brink of conquest by the Nazis.
Just One Drop: The Story Behind the Homeopathy Controversy
Film (2017)
Documentary
by Laurel Chiten
Upcoming Boston area screening:
December 14, 2017, 7:30pm
Regent Theatre, Arlington, MA
A dense, interesting and informative film about the history, the benefits of, and the challenges to, the alternative medical practice of homeopathy.