Theatre
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Loretta Greco New Huntington Theatre Artistic Director
Joins Company in July
By: - Feb 15th, 2022The Huntington’s Board of Trustees and Advisors, announced today the appointment of acclaimed stage director, producer, and community builder Loretta Greco as The Huntington’s next Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director. She will be the first woman in the role and the fourth artistic leader in The Huntington’s 40-year history.
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Theatre for a New Audience's Merchant of Venice
John Douglas Thompson Humanizes Shylock
By: - Feb 15th, 2022Shakespeare invites the elevation of Shylock to centrality in Merchant of Venice. Many characters in his play have equal time. Now Theater for a New Audience (TFANA) makes the case for the play as Shylock’s. John Douglas Thompson assumes the role as the ultimate outsider. He is an irresistible actor who quickly overcomes resistance any prior knowledge of the play calls forth
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Master Class by Terrence McNally
Produced by Sonoma Arts Live
By: - Feb 16th, 2022Playwright Terrence McNally’s paean to Maria Callas is less a dramatic narrative than a platform for a virtuoso performance by an actress capable of displaying La Davina’s charisma and self-absorption. Sonoma Arts Live offers an absolutely delightful rendering of this chamber play.
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Black No More at the New Group
Bill T. Jones Choreographs, Scott Elliott Directs
By: - Feb 19th, 2022Broadway Bound? Black No More is packed with A list creative talent. It is in a limited run produced by the New Group, The book’s creators wondered whether rap would work for a serious story. Black No More succeeds in spades. Andy Blankenbeuler (Lian Manuel Miranda’s dance man) learned to tell a story in movement from Bill T. Jones. Jones is the choreographer of this show.
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Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Book, Film and Now an Opera
By: - Feb 21st, 2022The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a collaboration between the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene and New York City Opera opened Off Broadway on Holocaust Remembrance Day for a limited run of eight performance from January 27- February 6 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Sung in English, also with subtitles, and running three barely noticeable hours with one intermission, the opera sold out even before it opened.
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The Duration
World Premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks
By: - Feb 21st, 2022Bruce Graham's new play, The Duration, is about, among other things, how different people deal with grief. The world premiere production is running through March 6 at Palm Beach Dramaworks in South Florida. The Duration is a layered, engrossing piece of live theater.
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When There Are Nine About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sally Deering’s Play at Chicago's Pride Arts Center
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022When There Are Nine, a world premiere play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is an entertaining production that tells the public story of the late Supreme Court associate justice. Playwright Sally Deering positions her work as a dream play, taking place in Ginsburg’s mind, where she recalls important moments in her life and how she addressed challenges.
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Repertorio Espanol Mounts La Dama Boba
Lope de Vega Amuses and Moves
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022Lope deVega is not simply setting us up for a good laugh. The play takes a sharp look at the meaning of the ideal woman. What attributes are truly important? Is there room in marriage for the intellectually driven woman? Is there room for the woman who cannot enhance her husband's social standing? Is economic security the real motive for our emotional commitments?
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Salty by A.J.Clauss
Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs
By: - Feb 24th, 2022There is always humor and empathy to ease the pain of life’s ups and downs. The trick is to find it. Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs found it in their delightful production of “Salty”, written by A.J.Clauss that is innovatively staged by Artistic Director Jerome Elliott.
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Today Is My Birthday By Susan Soon He Stanton
At Yale Rep
By: - Feb 24th, 2022While Today Is My Birthday is funny and can be touching, at times you wish author Susan Soon He Stanton had focused the work more. Many of the characters are interesting. Emily’s NYC friend, Halina could be a fascinating character but just when we begin to get involved in why she is doing what she is doing, the voice mail or call ends and we are on to something else.
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Music Man on Broadway
Thrilling Hugh Jackman
By: - Feb 26th, 2022After all my complaints, you may wonder why I recommend Music Man on Broadway so highly. Easy. Hugh Jackman and more Hugh Jackman, the glorious score and the sweetly romantic story.
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Queen Lear at Gorki Theater - Berlin, Germany
A perhaps foreboding production for Europe/World
By: - Feb 26th, 2022Everything is upside down in this production. A faint semblance to Shakespeare's King Lear remains as in a fever dream, or better yet as a trip beyond borders of human sanity.
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Winter Theatre at Barrington Stage Company
11th annual 10X10 New Play Festival
By: - Feb 28th, 2022During the dead of winter, the arts in Pittsfield come to life with a festival. This is the 11th year of the annual 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company. The works were selected from some 200 plus submissions many of which trumped Trump.
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Sister Act
A co-production in South Florida
By: - Feb 27th, 2022A co-production of Sister Act is a divine treat in South Florida. MNM Theatre Company, along with North End Theater Company, and the City of Lauderhill are the presenters. "Sister Act," the stage musical, is faithful to the film while offering something fresh and new. The co-production runs through March 6.
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First Down at 59e59 Theaters
Dramatizing Protest by Beleaguered Minorities
By: - Feb 28th, 2022First Down is a terrific new play by Sevan now running at the 59e59 Theatres. Johanna McKeon directs the quartet to give us insight into the pain caused outsiders in the United States by people who were outsiders themselves when they arrived.
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Gordon Getty Preludes His New Opera
Goodbye Mr. Chips Prmeieres at Walter Reade Theater
By: - Mar 01st, 2022Gordon Getty is his own man, as composer, librettist and supporter of the arts. His new opera, Goodbye Mr. Chilps, premieres on film on March 2nd at the Walter Reade Theatre. Berkshire Fine Arts asked a few questions.
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This Bitter Earth at TheaterWorks
A Thought Provoking Play
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022Neil and Jesse are two gay men who meet in NYC in 2012. This Bitter Earth shows us the story of their relationship through 2015.
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Talk to Your People by Dan Hoyle
Produced by The Marsh Theater
By: - Mar 06th, 2022“Talk to Your People” is a deserving show. One improvement would be if Dan Hoyle lost his facial hair for the duration. It renders a visual sameness to each depiction that can’t be overcome with wardrobe and accessories, and temporary facial hair could be applied as wanted for particular characters.
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Verdi's Otello
At Livermore Valley Opera
By: - Mar 07th, 2022Despite its musical and dramatic excellence, “Otello” has never achieved the audience popularity of “Aida” or Verdi’s great middle-period trio of “La Traviata,” “Il Trovatore,” or “Rigoletto,” which are among the most performed operas year after year.
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The Chinese Lady at The Public Theater
Premiere by Barrington Stage Arrives in New York
By: - Mar 07th, 2022The Chinese Lady produced by Ma Yi Theater Company and The Public Theatre has arrived in New York. This production was created for its world premiere by The Barrington Stage Company and Ma Yi. Written by Lloyd Sun, Ralph B. Pena directs. Women’s history month is the occasion for this mounting.
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The Tempest
Oakland Theater Project
By: - Mar 10th, 2022Productions in the intimacy of Oakland Theater Project’s venue continue to be among the most daring, provocative, and entertaining in the Bay Area. In taking on William Shakespeare’s political fantasy, “The Tempest,” the company offers a stunning, if somewhat confusing, rendering of this compact study of the illicit taking of power and land.
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Touch of the Poet at Irish Repertory Theatre
Richly Rewarding Live Performances
By: - Mar 10th, 2022The Irish Repertory Theatre was preparing to present Eugene O’Neill’s Touch of the Poet when Covid struck and theaters closed. Sets were ready. Costumes had been fitted. Rehearsals underway. Ever inventively, the troupe re-grouped to put the production on streaming. Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, this work was a masterful performance on screen. Now it is back live
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Shakespeare & Company
March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings and Comedy
By: - Mar 10th, 2022Shakespeare & Company will present March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings and Comedy on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27.
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Red Winged Blackbird by Alyosha Zim
Produced by SparklePlenty Productions
By: - Mar 11th, 2022In part, “Red Winged Blackbird” is a classic play about two special generations of Americans – the parents being from the “greatest generation” who sacrifice all for their progeny, and the children being of the loving but self-indulgent “flower power” generation
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Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club
Joshua Harmon and David Cromer Team Up
By: - Mar 12th, 2022Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic has been extended until March 27 at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. In constructing a multi-generation family on stage, playwright Joshua Harmon has given director David Cromer a rich opportunity to explore presentation.
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