Film (2016)
Written and directed by
Kenneth Lonergan
With Casey Affleck
The story of a man, defeated by his past, thrust into the guardianship of his nephew.
Bedroom Farce
Play (1975)
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Maria Aitken
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
November 11 – December 11, 2016
A delightfully silly British comedy set simultaneously in three bedrooms in different homes.
Mala
Play (2016)
Written and performed by
Melinda Lopez
Directed by David Dower
ArtsEmerson
Liebergott Black Box
Paramount Theater
Theater district, Boston
October 27 – November 20, 2016
A collage-like one-woman play inspired by the deaths of the playwright-actor’s parents.
Moonlight
Film (2016)
Written and directed by
Barry Jenkins
A touching account of an African-American boy who is brutalized for his homosexual inclinations.
The Scottsboro Boys
Musical (2010)
Music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Book by David Thompson
Original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Music Direction by Matthew Stern
Choreography by Ilyse Robbins
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
October 21 – November 26, 2016
A minstrel-show telling of the tragic story of nine black men unlawfully convicted of rape in Alabama in the 1930s.