Performing ArtsWhat It's Like To Visit The Santiago A Mil International Theater Festival During The Chilean UprisingThe preeminent festival of Latin American theater continues amid a massive movement protesting income inequality.The ARTery3 hours agoIn 'We All Fall Down,' A Secular Jewish Family Wings A Satisfying SederIn its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company, Lila Rose Kaplan’s dramedy is a hilarious reminder of the ways in which cultural history and personal identity are entangled.The ARTeryJan 24, 2020'Pass Over' At SpeakEasy Stage Is An Intense And Affecting ExperienceIn Antoinette Nwandu’s pained and powerful “Pass Over,” two young black men while away the night on a ghetto street corner in an unnamed American city, hoping to dodge hopelessness,...The ARTeryJan 17, 2020'The Cake' At Lyric Stage Delivers Layered Characters And Awkward TransitionsBekah Brunstetter’s “The Cake,” now at The Lyric Stage Company, grapples with what a traditional Southern baker does in preparation for her best friend's daughter's wedding to a woman.The ARTeryJan 15, 2020Elizabeth Banks Named Hasty Pudding's Woman Of The YearHarvard University's famed theater troupe has named the actor and director as the group's 2020 Woman of the Year.The ARTeryJan 14, 2020The Ballet World Asked For More Choreography By Women — And Got ItIn the not-distant past, major ballet companies went year after year, decade after decade, without a single ballet made by a woman.The ARTeryJan 10, 202012 Productions To See On Stage This WinterThis winter, gender, generational and racial tensions are gearing up to be explored -- or exploded -- all over theater stages around Boston, says critic Carolyn Clay.The ARTeryJan 8, 2020Shin Lim Has Turned Sleight Of Hand Tricks Into Significant AcclaimCarpal tunnel syndrome brought Lim's piano career to a crashing halt. That's when he became a magician. The ARTeryJan 7, 2020Jewish-American Playwrights Are Grappling With Identity Head OnFor decades, Jewish playwrights wrote characters more interested in joining the American melting pot than celebrating their Judaism. But recent plays have been fascinated by what it means to be...The ARTeryJan 2, 2020Apollinaire Theatre's 'Cry It Out' Takes An Empathetic Look At ParenthoodThe show is rooted in playwright Molly Smith Metzler’s own experience as an isolated new mom living in a Long Island duplex, literally being looked down on by the privileged...The ARTeryDec 31, 20192019 In Boston Arts: A Year Of Convening"It seemed to me, that everywhere I turned in the creative world, there was a hunger, or at least a confrontation with, the idea of convening," writes senior editor Maria...PlayThe ARTery06:24Dec 23, 201912 Plays And Musicals That Mattered In Boston This YearFrom "Cambodian Rock Band" at Merrimack Rep to "Dragon Cycle" at the A.R.T., critics Carolyn Clay and Ed Siegel take a look at the year in theater. The ARTeryDec 23, 2019Moonbox Productions Marches Out An Impressive, Impassioned 'Parade'The haunting if relentless show directed by Jason Modica recounts the true story of the unauthorized execution of factory overseer Leo Frank who was convicted of raping and killing a...The ARTeryDec 17, 2019Boston Children's Theatre Choir Sings Final Show As Organization Goes BankruptThis group watched its beloved BCT dissolve under an investigation into its top leadership over the past few months. Despite the scandal, the young people raised their voices in harmony...PlayThe ARTery04:08Dec 17, 2019Roxane Gay Tweets Praise For A.R.T's 'Jagged Little Pill' And We're Here For ItHave you ever stayed calm or seated when you heard, “And I’m here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away?” The answer is no. It’s...The ARTeryDec 16, 2019In The A.R.T.'s Musical 'Moby-Dick,' The Whale Is An Extraordinary Sum Of Diverse PartsThe musical is an epic undertaking: a three-and-a-half-hours-long, singing and dancing riff on the Pequod as a stand-in for America when our melting pot is captained by a megalomaniac. The ARTeryDec 13, 201910 Years On, An Open Mic For LGBTQ People Of Color Still Fills A Void In Boston"You don't have to call yourself an artist to be in our space," the series founder Jha D said. "You just have to be able to communicate however you communicate...PlayThe ARTery05:39Dec 12, 2019Jane Fonda Wants You To Think Of Her As An ActivistNo amateur when it comes to activism, the 81-year-old has been calling attention to the climate change crisis before preparing to film the final season of "Grace and Frankie." The ARTeryDec 2, 2019Boston Children's Theatre Files For Bankruptcy And Cancels ProductionsThe organization has been in the midst of tremendous upheaval after the resignation of former executive artistic director, Burgess Clark, last month.The ARTeryNov 28, 2019The Huntington Presents A Don Quixote For Our Times, Muchas Gracias"Quixote Nuevo" is an entertaining and engaging update of the Cervantes classic, says critic at large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryNov 22, 2019Next Page
What It's Like To Visit The Santiago A Mil International Theater Festival During The Chilean UprisingThe preeminent festival of Latin American theater continues amid a massive movement protesting income inequality.The ARTery3 hours ago
In 'We All Fall Down,' A Secular Jewish Family Wings A Satisfying SederIn its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company, Lila Rose Kaplan’s dramedy is a hilarious reminder of the ways in which cultural history and personal identity are entangled.The ARTeryJan 24, 2020
'Pass Over' At SpeakEasy Stage Is An Intense And Affecting ExperienceIn Antoinette Nwandu’s pained and powerful “Pass Over,” two young black men while away the night on a ghetto street corner in an unnamed American city, hoping to dodge hopelessness,...The ARTeryJan 17, 2020
'The Cake' At Lyric Stage Delivers Layered Characters And Awkward TransitionsBekah Brunstetter’s “The Cake,” now at The Lyric Stage Company, grapples with what a traditional Southern baker does in preparation for her best friend's daughter's wedding to a woman.The ARTeryJan 15, 2020
Elizabeth Banks Named Hasty Pudding's Woman Of The YearHarvard University's famed theater troupe has named the actor and director as the group's 2020 Woman of the Year.The ARTeryJan 14, 2020
The Ballet World Asked For More Choreography By Women — And Got ItIn the not-distant past, major ballet companies went year after year, decade after decade, without a single ballet made by a woman.The ARTeryJan 10, 2020
12 Productions To See On Stage This WinterThis winter, gender, generational and racial tensions are gearing up to be explored -- or exploded -- all over theater stages around Boston, says critic Carolyn Clay.The ARTeryJan 8, 2020
Shin Lim Has Turned Sleight Of Hand Tricks Into Significant AcclaimCarpal tunnel syndrome brought Lim's piano career to a crashing halt. That's when he became a magician. The ARTeryJan 7, 2020
Jewish-American Playwrights Are Grappling With Identity Head OnFor decades, Jewish playwrights wrote characters more interested in joining the American melting pot than celebrating their Judaism. But recent plays have been fascinated by what it means to be...The ARTeryJan 2, 2020
Apollinaire Theatre's 'Cry It Out' Takes An Empathetic Look At ParenthoodThe show is rooted in playwright Molly Smith Metzler’s own experience as an isolated new mom living in a Long Island duplex, literally being looked down on by the privileged...The ARTeryDec 31, 2019
2019 In Boston Arts: A Year Of Convening"It seemed to me, that everywhere I turned in the creative world, there was a hunger, or at least a confrontation with, the idea of convening," writes senior editor Maria...PlayThe ARTery06:24Dec 23, 2019
12 Plays And Musicals That Mattered In Boston This YearFrom "Cambodian Rock Band" at Merrimack Rep to "Dragon Cycle" at the A.R.T., critics Carolyn Clay and Ed Siegel take a look at the year in theater. The ARTeryDec 23, 2019
Moonbox Productions Marches Out An Impressive, Impassioned 'Parade'The haunting if relentless show directed by Jason Modica recounts the true story of the unauthorized execution of factory overseer Leo Frank who was convicted of raping and killing a...The ARTeryDec 17, 2019
Boston Children's Theatre Choir Sings Final Show As Organization Goes BankruptThis group watched its beloved BCT dissolve under an investigation into its top leadership over the past few months. Despite the scandal, the young people raised their voices in harmony...PlayThe ARTery04:08Dec 17, 2019
Roxane Gay Tweets Praise For A.R.T's 'Jagged Little Pill' And We're Here For ItHave you ever stayed calm or seated when you heard, “And I’m here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away?” The answer is no. It’s...The ARTeryDec 16, 2019
In The A.R.T.'s Musical 'Moby-Dick,' The Whale Is An Extraordinary Sum Of Diverse PartsThe musical is an epic undertaking: a three-and-a-half-hours-long, singing and dancing riff on the Pequod as a stand-in for America when our melting pot is captained by a megalomaniac. The ARTeryDec 13, 2019
10 Years On, An Open Mic For LGBTQ People Of Color Still Fills A Void In Boston"You don't have to call yourself an artist to be in our space," the series founder Jha D said. "You just have to be able to communicate however you communicate...PlayThe ARTery05:39Dec 12, 2019
Jane Fonda Wants You To Think Of Her As An ActivistNo amateur when it comes to activism, the 81-year-old has been calling attention to the climate change crisis before preparing to film the final season of "Grace and Frankie." The ARTeryDec 2, 2019
Boston Children's Theatre Files For Bankruptcy And Cancels ProductionsThe organization has been in the midst of tremendous upheaval after the resignation of former executive artistic director, Burgess Clark, last month.The ARTeryNov 28, 2019
The Huntington Presents A Don Quixote For Our Times, Muchas Gracias"Quixote Nuevo" is an entertaining and engaging update of the Cervantes classic, says critic at large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryNov 22, 2019
