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"Prayer for the French Republic" is of interest because it raises significant questions about faith during a hate-filled time.
Patti Hartigan's biography is a workmanlike portrait of dramatist August Wilson that never delves deep enough into his poetic soul.
The Lehman Brothers is epic in its proportion and ambitions, so it is ironic that it sacrifices opportunities to probe troubling topics.
Set designer Sara Brown creates theater wizardry through the assistance of digital tools, not a magic wand.
A talented cast does its best to add buoyancy to a script weighted down in palaver.
And So We Walked is about the performer finding her roots and that quest is often meandering.
The Huntington Theatre Company's co-production of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's is spirited and sassy.
During his career as the founder and artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence (from 1964 to 1989), Adrian Hall achieved a lasting place in the American theater as a v…
The domestic demolition in Kate Snodgrass's script is served au flambé.
Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson's searing poetic vision.
"Samuel Beckett's work speaks to me because he's a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown."
Dramatist Lydia R. Diamond makes an honorable effort to adapt Toni Morrison's novel to the stage, but with mixed results.
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Madeleine George's uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,
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"A lot of censorship in America has to do with the impulse to shut down what women have to say, literally hanging and burning them as witches to shut them up."
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In the process of exploring the ideas that shaped Lorraine Hansberry's understanding of her art and the world, the volume confirms the writer's relevance during these troubled but potentiall…
There have been times in the MFA's past when it hasn't lived up to its educational mission, when it has pandered to the whims of the wealthy -- particularly its fat cat benefactors.
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Liz McQuiston writes that the posters collected in her book are meant to "pay tribute to the liberating concept of hard-won 'freedom of speech' throughout history."
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"I wrote those poems because I think people need to read the truth and to hear the truth about romantic sensibilities between gay people."
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Kudos for two short plays by Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishma at this year's Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
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Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is giving this nostalgic hokum a spirited production.
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We are definitely feeling a sense of Buddy haunting us, to be sure. I mean, this theater is the place he visited. He attended many, if not most, of the shows here.
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The highlights of this year's gathering will be productions of newly discovered or rediscovered works by both Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishima.
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The MFA's Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery offers an impressive visual representation of a region's cultures, geographies, and histories.
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Words from George Orwell to live by:Â "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."
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