Performing ArtsThe Bowery Presents is opening an outdoor concert venue at Suffolk Downs in East BostonAccording to the New York-based promoter's announcement, up to 8,500 music fans will be able to fill the historic track's infield in the spring of 2023.Arts & CultureDec 8, 2022Audrey gets really tawdry with Ryan Landry at the 'Little Shop' controlsThe Gold Dust Orphans' "Little Shop of Christmas Horrors' is the antithesis of sweet Christmas shows, and theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair is aboard for the exhilarating ride.Arts & CultureDec 6, 2022Advertisement Bluegrass Tuesdays resume after relocating to Kendall SquareThe Cantab's long-running Bluegrass Tuesdays has a new permanent home at Lily P’s Fried Chicken and Oysters in Kendall Square.Arts & CultureDec 5, 2022'Iscariot: The Musical' is a heretical gaysian love storyIt’s a tale as old as time. A high schooler develops a crush and compromises their integrity for a shot at validation and love. Only the main character is Judas...PlayArts & Culture07:04Dec 2, 2022Boston's poet laureate examines climate catastrophe through a Black lensThe performance brings together seven local Black performers on the eve of The Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston.PlayArts & Culture05:47Dec 1, 2022From the 'Slutcracker' to 'The Nutcracker,' a guide to holiday dance and theaterBoston-area theater and dance companies entice local audiences with their holiday offerings, from traditional classics to adults-only reimaginings. Arts & CultureNov 23, 2022Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran bare all in their new musical production 'Family Ball'Mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran and jazz pianist Jason Moran take stock of their artistic and romantic lives together in their new musical production, in its world premiere Nov. 18 and...PlayArts & Culture05:09Nov 17, 2022Central Square Theater poignantly revisits the time when 'The Chinese Lady' was put on displaySophorl Ngin excels in the play, produced in partnership with Boston's CHUANG Stage. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair says that "The moving story eloquently provides another lens through which to view...Arts & CultureNov 15, 2022Technology looms large in 'The Orchard' and 'Theatre for One'Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews two plays that use technological platforms to connect the audience with the performer and push showgoers to move from passive voyeur to participant.Arts & CultureNov 8, 2022At the ICA, Boston Dance Theater pays homage to bassist Carol KayeKaye played an estimated 10,000 recording sessions with everyone from the Beach Boys to Marvin Gaye and her music often set the rhythm and tone for works by many choreographers....Arts & CultureNov 7, 2022Choreographer William Forsythe's 'As Anticipated' has its world premiere at the Boston Ballet“As Anticipated,” which will run at the Citizens Bank Opera House Nov. 3-13, features three pieces that all speak the same choreographic language and harken back to ballet's origins. 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Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair looks admiringly...Arts & CultureOct 25, 2022The Huntington returns in fine form with August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'The theater was one of the late playwright's first champions and the mutually rewarding relationship continues with a superb ensemble under Lili-Anne Brown's smart direction says theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair.Arts & CultureOct 21, 2022The Huntington Theatre reopens its doors by honoring playwright August WilsonAfter two years shuttered, the century-old theater is reopening with a new production of Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Arts & CultureOct 14, 2022Step Afrika!'s 'Drumfolk' offers a movement-focused history lesson at ArtsEmersonMore than a dozen performers gather onstage, stepping, chanting and ushering the audience through time from the Stono Rebellion of 1739 and its impact on African American music and dance...Arts & CultureOct 7, 2022'The Thin Place' at Gloucester Stage offers atmospheric spookiness without the goreLucas Hnath's play delves into the space between the living and the dead and offers just the right balance of fright, curiosity and mystery, says theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair. Arts & CultureOct 4, 2022Boston Ballet prepares for its 59th seasonFirst up is “My Obsession,” Oct. 6-16, a mixed bill of four works, intended to propel Opera House audiences through 100 years of dance history.Arts & CultureOct 4, 2022The GroovaLottos bring soul-funk inspired show to New Rep TheatreThe Afrobeats band's "Straight Outta Mama's Hamper" aims to recreate a summer Saturday in the life of a 1970s Black American family, weaving morning cartoons with Soul Train and family...Arts & CultureSep 28, 2022Next Page
The Bowery Presents is opening an outdoor concert venue at Suffolk Downs in East BostonAccording to the New York-based promoter's announcement, up to 8,500 music fans will be able to fill the historic track's infield in the spring of 2023.Arts & CultureDec 8, 2022
Audrey gets really tawdry with Ryan Landry at the 'Little Shop' controlsThe Gold Dust Orphans' "Little Shop of Christmas Horrors' is the antithesis of sweet Christmas shows, and theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair is aboard for the exhilarating ride.Arts & CultureDec 6, 2022
Bluegrass Tuesdays resume after relocating to Kendall SquareThe Cantab's long-running Bluegrass Tuesdays has a new permanent home at Lily P’s Fried Chicken and Oysters in Kendall Square.Arts & CultureDec 5, 2022
'Iscariot: The Musical' is a heretical gaysian love storyIt’s a tale as old as time. A high schooler develops a crush and compromises their integrity for a shot at validation and love. Only the main character is Judas...PlayArts & Culture07:04Dec 2, 2022
Boston's poet laureate examines climate catastrophe through a Black lensThe performance brings together seven local Black performers on the eve of The Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston.PlayArts & Culture05:47Dec 1, 2022
From the 'Slutcracker' to 'The Nutcracker,' a guide to holiday dance and theaterBoston-area theater and dance companies entice local audiences with their holiday offerings, from traditional classics to adults-only reimaginings. Arts & CultureNov 23, 2022
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran bare all in their new musical production 'Family Ball'Mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran and jazz pianist Jason Moran take stock of their artistic and romantic lives together in their new musical production, in its world premiere Nov. 18 and...PlayArts & Culture05:09Nov 17, 2022
Central Square Theater poignantly revisits the time when 'The Chinese Lady' was put on displaySophorl Ngin excels in the play, produced in partnership with Boston's CHUANG Stage. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair says that "The moving story eloquently provides another lens through which to view...Arts & CultureNov 15, 2022
Technology looms large in 'The Orchard' and 'Theatre for One'Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews two plays that use technological platforms to connect the audience with the performer and push showgoers to move from passive voyeur to participant.Arts & CultureNov 8, 2022
At the ICA, Boston Dance Theater pays homage to bassist Carol KayeKaye played an estimated 10,000 recording sessions with everyone from the Beach Boys to Marvin Gaye and her music often set the rhythm and tone for works by many choreographers....Arts & CultureNov 7, 2022
Choreographer William Forsythe's 'As Anticipated' has its world premiere at the Boston Ballet“As Anticipated,” which will run at the Citizens Bank Opera House Nov. 3-13, features three pieces that all speak the same choreographic language and harken back to ballet's origins. Arts & CultureNov 3, 2022
Bill Irwin clowns around with Samuel Beckett at ArtsEmerson. It's fun. Seriously.The Tony-winning actor -- and clown -- brings all his craft to a demonstration of what makes the Irish playwright such an iconic figure in American theater. Theater critic Terry...Arts & CultureOct 28, 2022
Does Actors' Shakespeare Project's 'Let the Right One In' have the right stuff at BU?The book about a young vampiric girl has inspired two movies and this theatrical adaptation by Jack Thorne. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair sinks her teeth into it.Arts & CultureOct 26, 2022
SpeakEasy Stage movingly explores cultural identity and the price of learning 'English'A teacher and a group of Iranian students butt heads over an immersive approach to learning a foreign language in Sanaz Toossi's award-winning play. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair looks admiringly...Arts & CultureOct 25, 2022
The Huntington returns in fine form with August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'The theater was one of the late playwright's first champions and the mutually rewarding relationship continues with a superb ensemble under Lili-Anne Brown's smart direction says theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair.Arts & CultureOct 21, 2022
The Huntington Theatre reopens its doors by honoring playwright August WilsonAfter two years shuttered, the century-old theater is reopening with a new production of Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Arts & CultureOct 14, 2022
Step Afrika!'s 'Drumfolk' offers a movement-focused history lesson at ArtsEmersonMore than a dozen performers gather onstage, stepping, chanting and ushering the audience through time from the Stono Rebellion of 1739 and its impact on African American music and dance...Arts & CultureOct 7, 2022
'The Thin Place' at Gloucester Stage offers atmospheric spookiness without the goreLucas Hnath's play delves into the space between the living and the dead and offers just the right balance of fright, curiosity and mystery, says theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair. Arts & CultureOct 4, 2022
Boston Ballet prepares for its 59th seasonFirst up is “My Obsession,” Oct. 6-16, a mixed bill of four works, intended to propel Opera House audiences through 100 years of dance history.Arts & CultureOct 4, 2022
The GroovaLottos bring soul-funk inspired show to New Rep TheatreThe Afrobeats band's "Straight Outta Mama's Hamper" aims to recreate a summer Saturday in the life of a 1970s Black American family, weaving morning cartoons with Soul Train and family...Arts & CultureSep 28, 2022
