Performing Arts'Magic Mike The Musical' Won't Be Opening At The Colonial This FallIn a statement released Thursday, the theater said the producers "don’t feel the musical is ready for production."The ARTeryMay 23, 2019State Legislators Could Provide More Arts Funding, But With Eyebrow-Raising RestrictionsAt stake is whether the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) can use state money for travel costs and continue to provide grants for individual artists -- longtime recipients of the agency's...The ARTeryMay 22, 2019The 14 Productions To See This Summer In The Boston AreaAmong this vacation-season offerings are a fantastical plunge into gay history, race- and gender-bending takes on classics, Spanish tragedy with a flamenco twist, the six wives of Henry VIII re-imagined...The ARTeryMay 22, 2019How Jocelyn Bioh Created A Play About Both Teen Bullying And ColorismFor the girls in “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play,” living with the specters of colorism and racism is an inescapable reality. The ARTeryMay 15, 2019Lyric Stage Brings Finesse And Warmth To A Small-Scale 'Pacific Overtures'The pleasing if cautionary staging, which licks any hint of dryness from the material, is director Spiro Veloudos’ 10th Sondheim outing in 20 years.The ARTeryMay 14, 2019These Cambodian Performers Are Using The Circus Arts To Heal Intergenerational TraumaFor a group of Cambodian performers whose elders survived the Khmer Rouge conflict, the past was shrouded in silence. To shatter that reticence, they developed theater piece “See You Yesterday."The ARTeryMay 14, 2019Idealistic Revolutions Can Have Tragic Outcomes. This Play Shows How That Happened In EgyptThe musical follows six youth activists as they navigate the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its unexpected aftermath during a wave of uprisings in the Middle East against authoritarian regimes.PlayThe ARTery05:07May 13, 2019Boston Ballet Debut — 'ELA, Rhapsody in Blue' — Explores Gendered Violence And Female TriumphChoreographer Paulo Arrais traces this ballet’s origins back to his childhood in Brazil where gendered violence touched the lives of many women around him.The ARTeryMay 10, 2019SpeakEasy's 'School Girls' Is 'Mean Girls' With A Serious TwistJocelyn Bioh's play is a comedy rooted as much in its characters’ misinformed devotion to Americana as in their preening ringleader’s blatant bullying and comeuppance by colorism, writes critic Carolyn...The ARTeryMay 7, 2019'Caroline, Or Change's' Costume Designer Joelle Fontaine Pens Love Letters To Women In Her ClothingWith her brand, Fontaine is working on more tangible ways to “empower women economically, mentally, and spiritually,” she says.The ARTeryMay 6, 2019'The Handmaid’s Tale' — And A Sea Of Blood-Red Dresses — Comes Home To Harvard In An OperaHaving two dozen handmaids singing at Harvard -- where Margaret Atwood originally envisioned her story -- is a surreal homecoming.PlayThe ARTery08:00May 3, 2019Huntington's 'Indecent' Is An Exquisite Swirl Of Theater History And Heart"Indecent" is a collision of two plays, both spurred by a passionate pair of Jewish women. One is the 1907 Yiddish Theater classic "God of Vengeance," the other shakes the...The ARTeryMay 3, 2019'Black Odyssey Boston' Shows Us The Value In Passing Down Our StoriesMarcus Gardley’s “black odyssey boston,” at Central Square Theater, is a spiritual force of black love, light, power and resilience, writes critic Rosalind Bevan. The ARTeryMay 2, 2019In '/peh-LO-tah/' At ArtsEmerson, Soccer Is A Portal To Larger Societal QuestionsThe show examines the crucial cultural role soccer plays in Haiti, as well as across the globe in places like Brazil and South Africa. The ARTeryMay 1, 2019How Owning Her Disability Helped Alvin Ailey Dancer Samantha Figgins Find Her ConfidenceSamantha Figgins became deaf in her right ear after an episode of spinal meningitis, which meant that as a dancer she struggled to process music and catch verbal cues on...The ARTeryApr 30, 2019George Steel — Bopping To Botticelli And Getting Into A Groove At The GardnerThe concerts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum offer a rich, multicultural portrait of musical Boston says critic-at-large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryApr 30, 2019Israeli Stage’s 'The Return' Is A Potent Mix Of The Personal And The PoliticalWhatever your views on the apparently intractable Israeli-Palestinian situation, this production of “The Return” is powerfully affecting, writes critic Carolyn Clay.The ARTeryApr 30, 2019The Israeli Stage And Its Final PlayThe play called "The Return" explores the rift between two cultures through the relationship of a Jewish-Israeli woman and Palestinian-Israeli man.PlayThe ARTery04:18Apr 26, 2019What Makes 'Caroline, Or Change' A Great Musical? Moonbox Productions Has The AnswersYewande Odetoyinbo is an exceptional, soulful Caroline, says critic-at-large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryApr 23, 2019'Black Odyssey Boston' Mixes African-American Oral History With Homer's Classic Tale“black odyssey boston” provides an opportunity to reach people who don't see themselves represented regularly, but it’s also “for people who do, to see themselves represented in a different identity."The ARTeryApr 19, 2019Next Page
'Magic Mike The Musical' Won't Be Opening At The Colonial This FallIn a statement released Thursday, the theater said the producers "don’t feel the musical is ready for production."The ARTeryMay 23, 2019
State Legislators Could Provide More Arts Funding, But With Eyebrow-Raising RestrictionsAt stake is whether the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) can use state money for travel costs and continue to provide grants for individual artists -- longtime recipients of the agency's...The ARTeryMay 22, 2019
The 14 Productions To See This Summer In The Boston AreaAmong this vacation-season offerings are a fantastical plunge into gay history, race- and gender-bending takes on classics, Spanish tragedy with a flamenco twist, the six wives of Henry VIII re-imagined...The ARTeryMay 22, 2019
How Jocelyn Bioh Created A Play About Both Teen Bullying And ColorismFor the girls in “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play,” living with the specters of colorism and racism is an inescapable reality. The ARTeryMay 15, 2019
Lyric Stage Brings Finesse And Warmth To A Small-Scale 'Pacific Overtures'The pleasing if cautionary staging, which licks any hint of dryness from the material, is director Spiro Veloudos’ 10th Sondheim outing in 20 years.The ARTeryMay 14, 2019
These Cambodian Performers Are Using The Circus Arts To Heal Intergenerational TraumaFor a group of Cambodian performers whose elders survived the Khmer Rouge conflict, the past was shrouded in silence. To shatter that reticence, they developed theater piece “See You Yesterday."The ARTeryMay 14, 2019
Idealistic Revolutions Can Have Tragic Outcomes. This Play Shows How That Happened In EgyptThe musical follows six youth activists as they navigate the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its unexpected aftermath during a wave of uprisings in the Middle East against authoritarian regimes.PlayThe ARTery05:07May 13, 2019
Boston Ballet Debut — 'ELA, Rhapsody in Blue' — Explores Gendered Violence And Female TriumphChoreographer Paulo Arrais traces this ballet’s origins back to his childhood in Brazil where gendered violence touched the lives of many women around him.The ARTeryMay 10, 2019
SpeakEasy's 'School Girls' Is 'Mean Girls' With A Serious TwistJocelyn Bioh's play is a comedy rooted as much in its characters’ misinformed devotion to Americana as in their preening ringleader’s blatant bullying and comeuppance by colorism, writes critic Carolyn...The ARTeryMay 7, 2019
'Caroline, Or Change's' Costume Designer Joelle Fontaine Pens Love Letters To Women In Her ClothingWith her brand, Fontaine is working on more tangible ways to “empower women economically, mentally, and spiritually,” she says.The ARTeryMay 6, 2019
'The Handmaid’s Tale' — And A Sea Of Blood-Red Dresses — Comes Home To Harvard In An OperaHaving two dozen handmaids singing at Harvard -- where Margaret Atwood originally envisioned her story -- is a surreal homecoming.PlayThe ARTery08:00May 3, 2019
Huntington's 'Indecent' Is An Exquisite Swirl Of Theater History And Heart"Indecent" is a collision of two plays, both spurred by a passionate pair of Jewish women. One is the 1907 Yiddish Theater classic "God of Vengeance," the other shakes the...The ARTeryMay 3, 2019
'Black Odyssey Boston' Shows Us The Value In Passing Down Our StoriesMarcus Gardley’s “black odyssey boston,” at Central Square Theater, is a spiritual force of black love, light, power and resilience, writes critic Rosalind Bevan. The ARTeryMay 2, 2019
In '/peh-LO-tah/' At ArtsEmerson, Soccer Is A Portal To Larger Societal QuestionsThe show examines the crucial cultural role soccer plays in Haiti, as well as across the globe in places like Brazil and South Africa. The ARTeryMay 1, 2019
How Owning Her Disability Helped Alvin Ailey Dancer Samantha Figgins Find Her ConfidenceSamantha Figgins became deaf in her right ear after an episode of spinal meningitis, which meant that as a dancer she struggled to process music and catch verbal cues on...The ARTeryApr 30, 2019
George Steel — Bopping To Botticelli And Getting Into A Groove At The GardnerThe concerts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum offer a rich, multicultural portrait of musical Boston says critic-at-large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryApr 30, 2019
Israeli Stage’s 'The Return' Is A Potent Mix Of The Personal And The PoliticalWhatever your views on the apparently intractable Israeli-Palestinian situation, this production of “The Return” is powerfully affecting, writes critic Carolyn Clay.The ARTeryApr 30, 2019
The Israeli Stage And Its Final PlayThe play called "The Return" explores the rift between two cultures through the relationship of a Jewish-Israeli woman and Palestinian-Israeli man.PlayThe ARTery04:18Apr 26, 2019
What Makes 'Caroline, Or Change' A Great Musical? Moonbox Productions Has The AnswersYewande Odetoyinbo is an exceptional, soulful Caroline, says critic-at-large Ed Siegel.The ARTeryApr 23, 2019
'Black Odyssey Boston' Mixes African-American Oral History With Homer's Classic Tale“black odyssey boston” provides an opportunity to reach people who don't see themselves represented regularly, but it’s also “for people who do, to see themselves represented in a different identity."The ARTeryApr 19, 2019
