By Michele Markarian Men on Boats. Written by Jaclyn Backhaus. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, through October 7 My husband always accuses me of not liking history, but he’s wrong. It’s not the retelling of the past I find uninteresting, it’s…
Author: Michele Markarian
“Dames at Sea” a Rollicking Ride
by Michele Markarian “Dames at Sea”. Book and Lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, Music by Jim Wise. Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins; Music Director, Steven Jones. Presented by Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through September 24. As two pianists, flanking the stage, play the opening song of “Dames…
New Rep’s ‘Ideation’ a Win-Win
By Michele Markarian ‘Ideation’ – Written by Aaron Loeb. Directed by Jim Petosa. Presented by New Repertory Theatre, and Co-produced with Boston Center for American Performance at 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown through September 24. “Ideation”, the Boston-area premiere of Aaron Loeb’s funny and terrifying play, has at its heartbeat the center of American, indeed, world,…
“American Moor” a Catalyst for Change
By Michele Markarian “American Moor”. Written by Keith Hamilton Cobb. Directed by Kim Weild. Presented by O.W.I. (Bureau of Theatre) and Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. At Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through Aug. 12. At the end of this deeply personal, soul-mining dialogue, with an invisible but audible white Director, the Actor, played by…
