Interview
with Kim Barker
author of The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2011)
The war-reporter whose funny and moving memoir about Afghanistan and Pakistan inspired the recent film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey.
Fast Company
Play
by Carla Ching
Directed by M. Bevin O’Gara
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area
March 4-27, 2016
A comedy about a family of con artists each member of which thrives on trumping the others.
The Launch Prize
Play (2016)
by MJ Halberstadt
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
March 3 – 20, 2016
Four young art school graduates face off while musing about what it would be like to win the prestigious Launch Prize.
Werther
Opera (1887)
Music by Jules Massenet
Conductor David Angus
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center
Shubert Theater
Theater District, Boston
March 11-20, 2016
A wonderful production of the Massenet opera inspired by Goethe’s early hit The Sorrows of the Young Werther (1774) about disappointed love.
How I Learned What I Learned
Play
by August Wilson
Co-conceived and Directed by
Todd Kreidler
Featuring Eugene Lee
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
March 5 – April 3, 2016
A moving and entertaining rendition of playwright August Wilson’s background and early influences.