Performing ArtsIce Dancers Flock To New England With 'In Flight: Live'Ten skaters from Ice Dance International are touring both classic and contemporary routines through March.The ARTeryFeb 21, 2020At The Huntington, Pulitzer-Winning 'Sweat' Tugs At Roots Of Rage That Empowered TrumpThe production captures the polarizing politics that boil over today.The ARTeryFeb 7, 2020Malcolm X's Powerful Origin Story Surges To Life In 'Detroit Red' At ArtsEmersonWill Power's tale of how Malcolm Little became Malcolm X has a superb world premiere at the Emerson Paramount Center says critic at large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryFeb 7, 2020Women Weave Their Stories Into "Gloria: A Life"PlayThe ARTery04:06Feb 5, 2020Company One's 'Wolf Play' Explores What It Means To Have A PackPortrayed by an adult actor manipulating a child puppet, the play’s protagonist follows the journey of a boy who thinks he’s a wolf and the couple trying to adopt him.The ARTeryFeb 4, 2020In A.R.T.'s 'Gloria: A Life,' Steinem Gets By With A Little Help From Her FriendsDirected by Diane Paulus, the show is a multimedia, biographical theater piece based on the life of second-wave feminist powerhouse Gloria Steinem and her allies.The ARTeryJan 31, 2020As It Scrutinizes Our Morals, 'Vanity Fair' Gets OverstuffedKate Hamill's take on "Vanity Fair" goes over the top, writes critic Rosalind Bevan. The ARTeryJan 31, 2020A Musician And Dancer Unite For A Novel Performance On SandMusician Conrad Tao and dancer Caleb Teicher have created a novel sound and movement exploration that combines new music and a very old style of tap dancing.The ARTeryJan 28, 202040 Years Of 'Shear Madness,' Where Success, At Least, Is No MysteryAt the fictional Shear Madness salon, there’s a lot more going on than pin curls and dye jobs.The ARTeryJan 28, 2020What 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 ARTeryJan 27, 2020In '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, 2019Next Page
Ice Dancers Flock To New England With 'In Flight: Live'Ten skaters from Ice Dance International are touring both classic and contemporary routines through March.The ARTeryFeb 21, 2020
At The Huntington, Pulitzer-Winning 'Sweat' Tugs At Roots Of Rage That Empowered TrumpThe production captures the polarizing politics that boil over today.The ARTeryFeb 7, 2020
Malcolm X's Powerful Origin Story Surges To Life In 'Detroit Red' At ArtsEmersonWill Power's tale of how Malcolm Little became Malcolm X has a superb world premiere at the Emerson Paramount Center says critic at large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryFeb 7, 2020
Company One's 'Wolf Play' Explores What It Means To Have A PackPortrayed by an adult actor manipulating a child puppet, the play’s protagonist follows the journey of a boy who thinks he’s a wolf and the couple trying to adopt him.The ARTeryFeb 4, 2020
In A.R.T.'s 'Gloria: A Life,' Steinem Gets By With A Little Help From Her FriendsDirected by Diane Paulus, the show is a multimedia, biographical theater piece based on the life of second-wave feminist powerhouse Gloria Steinem and her allies.The ARTeryJan 31, 2020
As It Scrutinizes Our Morals, 'Vanity Fair' Gets OverstuffedKate Hamill's take on "Vanity Fair" goes over the top, writes critic Rosalind Bevan. The ARTeryJan 31, 2020
A Musician And Dancer Unite For A Novel Performance On SandMusician Conrad Tao and dancer Caleb Teicher have created a novel sound and movement exploration that combines new music and a very old style of tap dancing.The ARTeryJan 28, 2020
40 Years Of 'Shear Madness,' Where Success, At Least, Is No MysteryAt the fictional Shear Madness salon, there’s a lot more going on than pin curls and dye jobs.The ARTeryJan 28, 2020
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 ARTeryJan 27, 2020
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
