Performing ArtsBoston Center For The Arts Starts Tiered Pricing Model To Make Space More AccessibleThe South End arts complex announced the plan in response to a city of Boston report out last month that found performing arts spaces were inaccessible to many artists.The ARTeryJan 16, 2019Lyric Stage’s ‘The Wolves’ Successfully Creates A Team, Yet Honors The SelfIn the form of a series of chatty warm-ups by the titular team, neatly packed into the 90-minutes allotted a soccer match, “The Wolves” is quite precisely put together, writes...The ARTeryJan 15, 2019'Miss You Like Hell' Takes Us On A Road Trip Of Political ConcernsThe musical tells the story of a mother and her teenage daughter getting reacquainted with each other on a free-wheeling road trip.The ARTeryJan 15, 2019Roxbury Mainstay Haley House Will Temporarily Close Its CafeThe Haley House executive director cited “unsustainable losses” due to economic and social changes in the Roxbury neighborhood as the impetus for the hiatus.The ARTeryJan 11, 2019Huntington’s 'A Doll's House, Part 2' Returns To The Scene Of The Crime — But Whodunit?The Nora of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking "A Doll's House" is back, but less to live in 19th-century contrition than to debate with 21st-century crackle.The ARTeryJan 11, 2019Silence Can Be Really Awkward. Putting It On Stage Is Really HardIn producing Bess Wohl's play, "Small Mouth Sounds," the troupe at SpeakEasy Stage Company is learning how people could connect without using words. PlayThe ARTery04:40Jan 10, 2019Here Are 11 Productions On Boston Area Stages We're Excited To See This WinterFrom the concerns of mothers and daughters to racism in the context of Othello and Nat Turner, personal journeys of refugees to a parody of "Hamilton," here's what's on tap...The ARTeryJan 9, 2019This Flamenco Teacher Uses Dance To Help Rebuild The BrainYosi Karahashi uses the principles of her art form to stimulate cognitive reserves in patients suffering from brain injuries or age-related decline in Cambridge.The ARTeryJan 8, 2019SpeakEasy Ponders Big Questions Through 'Small Mouth Sounds'The play is set during a silent retreat during which six souls are using an unseen guru as a GPS on their journeys across anguish.The ARTeryJan 8, 2019Children Of TPS Recipients Bring Stories Of Uncertainty To The Stage With 'The Last Dream'"I do this for my family especially,” says 17-year-old Jacqueline Landaverde, of Malden, “but also for the families that [are] too scared to come out.”The ARTeryDec 20, 2018The Best Theater 2018 Brought To Boston's StagesIn fraught times, what's on the public's mind often pops up on stage. This year, there's been a noticeable shift toward shows for the underserved, the undocumented and the disadvantaged.The ARTeryDec 18, 2018Porsha Olayiwola Named Boston's Next Poet LaureateOlayiwola is well known in the spoken word circuits and as poet laureate plans to "establish a youth Poet Laureate program, develop residential and workspace for writers and weave poetry...The ARTeryDec 17, 2018These Productions Are Designed For People With AutismSensory-friendly productions, which alter some technical and dramatic elements of a performance, are a way for neurodiverse communities to access theater.PlayThe ARTery04:12Dec 13, 2018'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, 2018Next Page
Boston Center For The Arts Starts Tiered Pricing Model To Make Space More AccessibleThe South End arts complex announced the plan in response to a city of Boston report out last month that found performing arts spaces were inaccessible to many artists.The ARTeryJan 16, 2019
Lyric Stage’s ‘The Wolves’ Successfully Creates A Team, Yet Honors The SelfIn the form of a series of chatty warm-ups by the titular team, neatly packed into the 90-minutes allotted a soccer match, “The Wolves” is quite precisely put together, writes...The ARTeryJan 15, 2019
'Miss You Like Hell' Takes Us On A Road Trip Of Political ConcernsThe musical tells the story of a mother and her teenage daughter getting reacquainted with each other on a free-wheeling road trip.The ARTeryJan 15, 2019
Roxbury Mainstay Haley House Will Temporarily Close Its CafeThe Haley House executive director cited “unsustainable losses” due to economic and social changes in the Roxbury neighborhood as the impetus for the hiatus.The ARTeryJan 11, 2019
Huntington’s 'A Doll's House, Part 2' Returns To The Scene Of The Crime — But Whodunit?The Nora of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking "A Doll's House" is back, but less to live in 19th-century contrition than to debate with 21st-century crackle.The ARTeryJan 11, 2019
Silence Can Be Really Awkward. Putting It On Stage Is Really HardIn producing Bess Wohl's play, "Small Mouth Sounds," the troupe at SpeakEasy Stage Company is learning how people could connect without using words. PlayThe ARTery04:40Jan 10, 2019
Here Are 11 Productions On Boston Area Stages We're Excited To See This WinterFrom the concerns of mothers and daughters to racism in the context of Othello and Nat Turner, personal journeys of refugees to a parody of "Hamilton," here's what's on tap...The ARTeryJan 9, 2019
This Flamenco Teacher Uses Dance To Help Rebuild The BrainYosi Karahashi uses the principles of her art form to stimulate cognitive reserves in patients suffering from brain injuries or age-related decline in Cambridge.The ARTeryJan 8, 2019
SpeakEasy Ponders Big Questions Through 'Small Mouth Sounds'The play is set during a silent retreat during which six souls are using an unseen guru as a GPS on their journeys across anguish.The ARTeryJan 8, 2019
Children Of TPS Recipients Bring Stories Of Uncertainty To The Stage With 'The Last Dream'"I do this for my family especially,” says 17-year-old Jacqueline Landaverde, of Malden, “but also for the families that [are] too scared to come out.”The ARTeryDec 20, 2018
The Best Theater 2018 Brought To Boston's StagesIn fraught times, what's on the public's mind often pops up on stage. This year, there's been a noticeable shift toward shows for the underserved, the undocumented and the disadvantaged.The ARTeryDec 18, 2018
Porsha Olayiwola Named Boston's Next Poet LaureateOlayiwola is well known in the spoken word circuits and as poet laureate plans to "establish a youth Poet Laureate program, develop residential and workspace for writers and weave poetry...The ARTeryDec 17, 2018
These Productions Are Designed For People With AutismSensory-friendly productions, which alter some technical and dramatic elements of a performance, are a way for neurodiverse communities to access theater.PlayThe ARTery04:12Dec 13, 2018
'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
