Many people underestimate how difficult Christopher Durang is to perform. With a snarky and dark sense of humor, bordering on the macabre, Durang leaves nothing uncommented in his plays. Happy Medium Theatre’s Baby with the Bathwater performs the play with a sensitivity and awareness of the biting ultra-realism of one of Durang’s most famous and […]
As you likely already know (because we talk about it All The Time), earlier this month we hosted Toronto’s inaugural My Theatre Awards ceremony. The awards have been around since 2010, but this was the first party. Because it was the first party, it took a ton of planning. In the process of all said […]
Alumnae Theatre closes its 2013-2014 season in impressive fashion with David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning-play-turned-blockbuster Rabbit Hole. A scintillating …
The A.R.T.’s and the OBERON’s The Donkey Show is old news; while a refreshing and imaginative retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream when it premiered in Boston in 2009, and though the appeal has not worn-off completely, the production is on its way out the door. In its place, the Boston theatre scene demands something […]
How did they do all that? That was the prevailing thought left in my mind at the end of visionary director Jakop Ahlbom’s Lebensraum (Habitat), ArtsEmerson’s latest presentation of a piece of Dutch experimental theater. It’s part mime, part Cirque du Soleil-esque festivity of pictorial theatrical imagination, part alternative rock concert. The production soars with […]
Wait, another Rabbit Hole in the Greater Boston area? Yes, another. Community theatre companies have a fascination with the piece for its perceived simplicity and emotional range. Hovey Players in Waltham is one of Greater Boston’s stronger community theatres, boasting a rich history since 1936. Their Rabbit Hole proves that they have the tenacity and […]
There is a production in the Lower East Side that wants to get you drunk.* It’s ingenious really. Alcohol intensifies emotion and gives the illusion of amplified senses – an ideal accompaniment to a theatrical experience. But that is the point in Stolen Chair’s new production Potion: A Play in Three Cocktails, which can be […]
The Greater Boston area has seen its share of Rabbit Holes. The Umbrella (formerly the Emerson Umbrella) presented its own production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about what it means to grieve and how to cope with loss in our everyday lives. Becca (Allison McCann) and Howie (Randy Elkinson) are parents who lose their […]