Play (2014)
by Matthew Spangler
and Benjamin Evett
Directed by Rick Lombardo
Inspired by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Produced by Michael Seiden
and The Poets’ Theatre
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts,
Watertown, MA
Mary 21-24, 2015
An extraordinary solo performance by Benjamin Evett in an inventive and dramatic rendering of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Henry VI, Part 2
Play (1591)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tina Packer
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Modern Theatre
at Suffolk University, Boston
May 13 – June 7, 2015
A dynamic and engaging production of the very early Shakespearean history play about an ineffectual king and the massive ensuing conflict – the Wars of the Roses – stimulated by the vacancy of his leadership.
Light Up The Sky
Play (1948)
by Moss Hart
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Lyric Stage Company
Copley Square area, Boston
May 15 – June 13, 2015
A light and lively morsel about a Boston preview of a play, set in the historic Ritz-Carlton Hotel, filled with 1940s pizzazz and style.
The Last Two People On Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville
Musical (2015)
World Premiere
Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman
Musical Direction by Paul Ford
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge
May 12 – 31, 2015
With Mandy Patinkin, Taylor Mac
A wild ride in song and dance, situated at the end of a globally overcooked world, featuring two incredible showmen playing surviving hobos.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Film (2015)
Directed by George Miller
Another entry in the long-lived series featuring nonstop warfare between souped up jalopies driving nonstop through an endless dystopian desert.