by Michele Markarian “Frankenstein” by Nick Dear. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Directed by David R. Gammons. Presented The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave in Cambridge, through November 4. Set or art installation? That’s what comes to mind when walking into the main stage of Central Square Theater,…
Author: Michele Markarian
ASP Delivers a Stunning, Satisfying “MacBeth”
By Michele Markarian MacBeth. Written by William Shakespeare, in a modern verse translation by Migdalia Cruz. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Presented by Actors’ Shakespeare Project, The United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline through November 11. As you walk into the nave of The United Parish of Boston, the setting for Actors’ Shakespeare…
Love is a Battlefield in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Michele Markarian Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Pierre Choderins de Laclos. Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through July 1. Lee Mikeska Gardner’s opening staging of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is intriguing. Ten…
Israeli Stage’s ‘The Last Act’ is a Timely, Tightly Coiled Drama
By Michele Markarian The Last Act. Written by Joshua Sobol. Directed by Guy Ben-Aharon. Presented by Israeli Stage Company, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, through June 1. The Last Act, a world premiere by reknowned Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol, couldn’t get produced in Israel’s…
