Performing Arts'Barber Shop Chronicles,' At The A.R.T., Eavesdrops On A Far-Reaching And Significant ConversationThe diverse, infectious work fixes a keen if roving eye on what it is to be a black man making his way in a wide world hounded by history, writes...The ARTeryDec 11, 2018'Barber Shop Chronicles' Shows Vulnerable Black Masculinity, One Haircut At A TimeThe playwright believes barbershops stand as a place where men can display vulnerability and seek advice. “There aren’t many other safe spaces where men, specifically black men, can gather in...PlayThe ARTery04:22Dec 7, 2018In 'A Story Beyond,' Puppets Spin A Fable About Listening To One Another"I think the most damaging thing in our culture right now is ... an inability or an unwillingness to listen to people who have a different perspective," says Liars &...The ARTeryDec 6, 2018With 'Code Listen,' A Violinist Brings Police And Citizens Together To Address Gun Violence And Race In BostonShaw Pong Liu's civic arts initiative leverages the transformative power of music, storytelling and performance to support healing and spark dialogue around gun violence, race and law enforcement practices.The ARTeryDec 5, 2018Front Porch And The Lyric Paint A Stirring Musical Portrait Of Roland HayesWith “Breath and Imagination,” the new Front Porch Arts Collective hits the stage with the strength of a whole house, its firm, heartfelt foundations classical art song and the black...The ARTeryDec 4, 2018Huntington's 'Man In The Ring' Packs A Potent PunchIf this atmospheric staging, buoyed by Thompson’s Lear-like performance, can’t turn “Man in the Ring” into the tragedy of thwarted dreams and sexual straitjacketing it aspires to be, it can...The ARTeryDec 3, 2018Report: Performing Arts Spaces in Boston Are Still Inaccessible To ArtistsThe effort is meant to address a question that’s been plaguing the Boston arts scene for years: Why are artists and some cultural institutions having such a hard time finding...The ARTeryDec 3, 2018Chyrstyn Fentroy — First Black Woman To Join Boston Ballet In A Decade — Debuts As Snow Queen In 'The Nutcracker'As the daughter of a white mother and a black father, Fentroy knew that her skin color would impact her dance career at some point.The ARTeryNov 30, 2018Shakespeare & Company Co-Founder Dennis Krausnick Dies At 76The longtime theater educator died peacefully in his home on Tuesday, surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with prostate cancer.The ARTeryNov 29, 2018Boston Ballet Aims To Develop Women Choreographers In Male Dominated Art FormWhile women choreographers have thrived in contemporary dance, women choreographers in classical dance forms remain strikingly underrepresented.PlayThe ARTery05:37Nov 28, 2018How Ryan Landry Channels The Cinematic Theme Park In His Head To Create His Singular Stage ProductionsSince it’s the time of good cheer, Landry is waking up these days to scenes of reindeer getting slaughtered while poor Santa Claus frets about his delivery system.The ARTeryNov 28, 2018Want To Be A Successful Artist? You'll Need The Right Social Connections, Study SaysArtists who seek success in galleries understand that climbing the ladder is easier with a powerful network. But what they may not realize is that there is new proof that...The ARTeryNov 14, 2018Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 'Universe Rushing Apart' Talks, Then Tumbles Its Way Into The VoidComprising two short plays by revered British playwright Caryl Churchill, the concisely fragmented double bill shows how Churchill’s unfettered imagination has the power to spur one’s own. The ARTeryNov 14, 2018'WET: A DACAmented Journey' Makes You Feel Every High And Low Of One Man's Efforts To Gain CitizenshipAlex Alpharaoh's solo show combines autobiography, political mission and hip-hop-inflected spoken word to put the audience in his shoes.The ARTeryNov 13, 2018'Yo Soy Lola' Aims To Open The Door For Boston Area Latina ArtistsRaised by Mexican immigrant parents in a modest household, Ana Masacote's family instilled in her the need to pursue a fruitful vocation. Arts, perceived as a fanciful pursuit, didn't fall...PlayThe ARTery04:15Nov 10, 2018How The LAB Grant Is Transforming Boston's Arts EcosystemThe grant is meant to fund genres and artists who have been chronically ignored by funding institutions in the past.PlayThe ARTery03:29Nov 9, 2018Onstage, Alex Alpharaoh Channels His Greatest Fears About Being Undocumented“Mijo, it's going to be OK,” his mother had said, trying to be reassuring. “Wouldn't it be crazy,” Alpharoah said, “if I turned this into a play?” She looked at...The ARTeryNov 9, 2018East Bostonians Use Storytelling Project To Show How Gentrification Is Changing Their NeighborhoodTo capture what’s at stake if East Boston is gentrified, some residents have taken to telling the stories of the details, people, places and vibe that make the primarily Latino...The ARTeryNov 7, 2018Chorus Pro Musica's 'Audubon' Weaves Life And Death Of Famed Naturalist John James AudubonChorus pro Musica’s upcoming world premiere of “Audubon,” an oratorio by James Kallembach, weaves a story about the famous 19th century naturalist and illustrator. The ARTeryNov 6, 2018Through Puppetry, Artist Tarish 'Jeghetto' Pipkins Interrogates Racism And Brings JoySeventeen years after he began experimenting with the artform, Pipkins has established himself as a masterful self-taught interdisciplinary artist whose work with puppetry is uniquely buoyed by a hip-hop ethos...The ARTeryNov 5, 2018Next Page
'Barber Shop Chronicles,' At The A.R.T., Eavesdrops On A Far-Reaching And Significant ConversationThe diverse, infectious work fixes a keen if roving eye on what it is to be a black man making his way in a wide world hounded by history, writes...The ARTeryDec 11, 2018
'Barber Shop Chronicles' Shows Vulnerable Black Masculinity, One Haircut At A TimeThe playwright believes barbershops stand as a place where men can display vulnerability and seek advice. “There aren’t many other safe spaces where men, specifically black men, can gather in...PlayThe ARTery04:22Dec 7, 2018
In 'A Story Beyond,' Puppets Spin A Fable About Listening To One Another"I think the most damaging thing in our culture right now is ... an inability or an unwillingness to listen to people who have a different perspective," says Liars &...The ARTeryDec 6, 2018
With 'Code Listen,' A Violinist Brings Police And Citizens Together To Address Gun Violence And Race In BostonShaw Pong Liu's civic arts initiative leverages the transformative power of music, storytelling and performance to support healing and spark dialogue around gun violence, race and law enforcement practices.The ARTeryDec 5, 2018
Front Porch And The Lyric Paint A Stirring Musical Portrait Of Roland HayesWith “Breath and Imagination,” the new Front Porch Arts Collective hits the stage with the strength of a whole house, its firm, heartfelt foundations classical art song and the black...The ARTeryDec 4, 2018
Huntington's 'Man In The Ring' Packs A Potent PunchIf this atmospheric staging, buoyed by Thompson’s Lear-like performance, can’t turn “Man in the Ring” into the tragedy of thwarted dreams and sexual straitjacketing it aspires to be, it can...The ARTeryDec 3, 2018
Report: Performing Arts Spaces in Boston Are Still Inaccessible To ArtistsThe effort is meant to address a question that’s been plaguing the Boston arts scene for years: Why are artists and some cultural institutions having such a hard time finding...The ARTeryDec 3, 2018
Chyrstyn Fentroy — First Black Woman To Join Boston Ballet In A Decade — Debuts As Snow Queen In 'The Nutcracker'As the daughter of a white mother and a black father, Fentroy knew that her skin color would impact her dance career at some point.The ARTeryNov 30, 2018
Shakespeare & Company Co-Founder Dennis Krausnick Dies At 76The longtime theater educator died peacefully in his home on Tuesday, surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with prostate cancer.The ARTeryNov 29, 2018
Boston Ballet Aims To Develop Women Choreographers In Male Dominated Art FormWhile women choreographers have thrived in contemporary dance, women choreographers in classical dance forms remain strikingly underrepresented.PlayThe ARTery05:37Nov 28, 2018
How Ryan Landry Channels The Cinematic Theme Park In His Head To Create His Singular Stage ProductionsSince it’s the time of good cheer, Landry is waking up these days to scenes of reindeer getting slaughtered while poor Santa Claus frets about his delivery system.The ARTeryNov 28, 2018
Want To Be A Successful Artist? You'll Need The Right Social Connections, Study SaysArtists who seek success in galleries understand that climbing the ladder is easier with a powerful network. But what they may not realize is that there is new proof that...The ARTeryNov 14, 2018
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 'Universe Rushing Apart' Talks, Then Tumbles Its Way Into The VoidComprising two short plays by revered British playwright Caryl Churchill, the concisely fragmented double bill shows how Churchill’s unfettered imagination has the power to spur one’s own. The ARTeryNov 14, 2018
'WET: A DACAmented Journey' Makes You Feel Every High And Low Of One Man's Efforts To Gain CitizenshipAlex Alpharaoh's solo show combines autobiography, political mission and hip-hop-inflected spoken word to put the audience in his shoes.The ARTeryNov 13, 2018
'Yo Soy Lola' Aims To Open The Door For Boston Area Latina ArtistsRaised by Mexican immigrant parents in a modest household, Ana Masacote's family instilled in her the need to pursue a fruitful vocation. Arts, perceived as a fanciful pursuit, didn't fall...PlayThe ARTery04:15Nov 10, 2018
How The LAB Grant Is Transforming Boston's Arts EcosystemThe grant is meant to fund genres and artists who have been chronically ignored by funding institutions in the past.PlayThe ARTery03:29Nov 9, 2018
Onstage, Alex Alpharaoh Channels His Greatest Fears About Being Undocumented“Mijo, it's going to be OK,” his mother had said, trying to be reassuring. “Wouldn't it be crazy,” Alpharoah said, “if I turned this into a play?” She looked at...The ARTeryNov 9, 2018
East Bostonians Use Storytelling Project To Show How Gentrification Is Changing Their NeighborhoodTo capture what’s at stake if East Boston is gentrified, some residents have taken to telling the stories of the details, people, places and vibe that make the primarily Latino...The ARTeryNov 7, 2018
Chorus Pro Musica's 'Audubon' Weaves Life And Death Of Famed Naturalist John James AudubonChorus pro Musica’s upcoming world premiere of “Audubon,” an oratorio by James Kallembach, weaves a story about the famous 19th century naturalist and illustrator. The ARTeryNov 6, 2018
Through Puppetry, Artist Tarish 'Jeghetto' Pipkins Interrogates Racism And Brings JoySeventeen years after he began experimenting with the artform, Pipkins has established himself as a masterful self-taught interdisciplinary artist whose work with puppetry is uniquely buoyed by a hip-hop ethos...The ARTeryNov 5, 2018
