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"A lot of censorship in America has to do with the impulse to shut down what women have to say, literally hanging and burning them as witches to shut them up."
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In this deeply enlightening study, Anthony Alan Shelton aims to set the record straight about how mask culture developed in Mexico as well as Andean cultures.
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If the theater really mirrors life, then you can bet we're in for some drastic changes and adjustments, even on Broadway.
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Theresa Rebeck's foodie comedy Seared is more of an amiable appetizer than a substantial entree.
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These days, I'm not in a mood to be comforted in the theater by either toasting or roasting chestnuts.
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CSC pulled out all the stops for its turn at The Tempest, bringing together a cast that is more than up to the challenge of knitting together poignant drama and madcap comedy.
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Throughout history, theater has been a place where the community has looked honestly at what is killing it.
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Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two men and their differing commitments to art.
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The GSC production of Tiny Beautiful Things supplies a 90-minute catharsis, an opportunity to deal with all we've bottled up over the last 15 months or so.
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For many dramatists, the label of 'leftism' was not pejorative: it was about fighting for human decency and political reform.
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Songs for a New World grapples with the jumble of emotions prompted by the end of the pandemic, while also serving as a potent reminder of what a joyful experience musical theater can be.
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"We can, of course, be deceived in many ways. We can be deceived by believing what is untrue, but we certainly are also deceived by not believing what is true." -- Søren Kierkegaard
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The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we're in.
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The "Real" Emily Dickinson never materializes, but the "Real" Mabel Loomis Todd does -- and it's a sometimes shocking and sad story.
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An exciting, subversive idea animates TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever.
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The arrival of Groundwater Arts, and no doubt other groups to come, suggest the birth of efforts to organize artists and others to press cultural organizations to take meaningful action on t…
In the process of exploring the ideas that shaped Lorraine Hansberry's understanding of her art and the world, the volume confirms the writer's relevance during these troubled but potentiall…
You need to hear this play. Especially if you are white and already "know" Othello. Listen again (and again) and prepare to question old assumptions.
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Director Jess Chayes has done all that is humanly possible to stage a lively live production under Zoom constraints.
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The Catastrophist is an opportunity to begin processing our experience with a pandemic that has fundamentally changed our lives in ways we cannot yet fully comprehend.
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This is a great work, more linear than Tom Stoppard's earlier dramas, yet filled with such intelligence and compassion that it will be read and seen for years and years and, perhaps, over ti…
The conversation between Ravi and his mother is funny, engaging, and often illuminating; their real life bond is palpable as the pair try to reconcile the young man's hopes and dreams with h…
A 50th anniversary is a wonderful milestone, and I congratulate the Revels for looking back and huzzahing the occasion as they have.
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Why are Boston stages reacting so serenely to our current miasmas -- pandemical, political, economic, and spiritual.
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of a year truncated by COVID-19.
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