by Michele Markarian “Our Daughters Like Pillars” – Written by Kirsten Greenidge. Directed by Kimberly Senior. Presented by The Huntington, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street, Boston through May 8. Lavinia Shaw Williams (Nikkole Salter), the oldest sister of a Black family, has organized a week-long stay at an Airbnb in North Conway,…
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An Exuberant, Optimistic “Once on This Island” at Speakeasy
by Michele Markarian “Once On This Island”. Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Directed by Pascale Forestal. Presented by Speakeasy Stage, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA through April 16. Once on This Island” isn’t exactly a light show. Class barriers, racial prejudice, and unrequited love are…
ArtsEmerson Brings a Sensational “Dreaming Zenzile” to Boston
by Michele Markarian “Dreaming Zenzile” Devised by Somi Kakoma. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Produced by Arts Emerson, in partnership with Octopus Theatricals, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, New York Theatre Workshop, National Black Theatre, and McCarter Theatre Center, Emerson Paramount Theatre, 555 Washington Street, Boston through February 27. “Zenzile – you have done it…
An Invigorating “Fiddler on the Roof” Comes to Emerson Colonial
by Michele Markarian ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ – Book by Joseph Stein. Music by Jerry Bock. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Original Direction by Bartlett Sher; Direction Recreated by Sari Ketter and Shirley Butler. Presented by NETworks Presentations, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Boston through December 26. I love “Fiddler on the Roof”. I have…
