Theater Mirror’s Kilian Melloy Interviews The Huntington’s Lois Roach, Dramaturg for ‘Lifted’ the 7th play of the Ufot Family Cycle

March 24, 2026April 8, 2026 Theater MirrorLeave a comment

Initiated by the Huntington Theatre, the Ufot Family Cycle is a massive undertaking by the Boston theater community. Across nine plays and three generations, Mfoniso Udofia’s series examines both the intimate life of one family and the expansive reach of the African diaspora. The artistically and logistically complex effort began last season and is slated to conclude this season. This citywide collaborative undertaking will have given five of the nine plays their premieres by the time the theatrical epic reaches its conclusion.

Theater Mirror’s Kilian Melloy Interviews Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Music Director Reuben M. Reynolds III

March 22, 2026April 8, 2026 Theater MirrorLeave a comment

Rueben M. Reynolds. III Photo Credit: Michael Willer

The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus has been making music and making change through music for the better part of a half-century. In that time, our community has seen victories and setbacks, from the depths of the AIDS crisis to growing representation and acceptance in popular culture, to judicial and political attacks, to the advent of marriage equality, and the current moment’s dismantling of access and protections for marginalized Americans of every sort.

Theater Mirror’s Kilian Melloy Interviews Liars and Believers’ Georgia Lyman and Jason Slavick on Latest Show, ‘The End is Nigh’

February 23, 2026April 8, 2026 Theater MirrorLeave a comment

Glen Moore in Liars and Believers’ upcoming, ‘The End is Nigh’
Photos by Ollie Kamens

By Kilian Melloy

Liars and Believers devises its shows using a collaborative process. Its shows are lively and inspired, combining various theatrical traditions in works like Yellow Bird Chase, a favorite that tours to enthusiastic audiences. But the company doesn’t create fun fluff; behind the clowning, bright design work, and physical comedy are artistic director Jason Slavick’s creative and philosophical concerns. “I have political and social goals,” Slavick admits. “Actually, everything I do has some deep intention, even Yellow Bird.”

Theater Mirror’s Charlotte Snow Interviews Hub Theatre Company’s “The Bald Soprano” and “The Lesson” Director Bryn Boice and Producer Lauren Elias

February 20, 2026April 8, 2026 Theater MirrorLeave a comment

In anticipation of Hub Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Eugène Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano and The Lesson, Theater Mirror sat down with director Bryn Boice and the producing artistic director of Hub Theatre Company, Lauren Elias. We discussed the importance of absurdism in 2026, how to be recognized by directors, a surprising anecdote involving a Saturday Night Live alum, and, of course, Hub Theatre Company’s upcoming theatrical offering. 

Strange Turns and True Stories: Ahamefule J. Oluo on Their New Show, ‘The Things Around Us’

February 17, 2026April 8, 2026 Theater MirrorLeave a comment

Ahamefule J. Oluo in ‘The Things Around Us’, coming to the Emerson Paramount Center
Photo Credits: Alex Dugan

By Kilian Melloy

Jazz musician, stand-up comic, playwright, screenwriter… Ahamefule J. Oluo is all of that and more. The author of two previous shows blending storytelling and music drawn from their own life and those of their parents, 2014’s Now I’m Fine, and 2019’s Susan, Oluo brings their latest, a solo show titled The Things Around Us, to The Emerson Paramount Center’s Robert J. Orchard Stage from February 20 – 22. The Things Around Us constitutes the third part of what’s become a trilogy, but, unlike the previous two shows, it’s a solo piece: Oluo will create the show’s music using loops rather than an orchestra. With a stand-up’s instincts for engaging with the room and a musician’s ear for the language of sound, the artist will present audiences with a unique experience that he tells us is hard to describe — but not to understand, not once you’ve had it.

Oluo took some time to chat with Theater Mirror about the show, how it grew out of past projects, and the loneliness of being backstage with no one but themself.