By Mike Hoban Passengers – Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Shana Carroll. Music, Lyrics, Sound Design, and Arrangements by Colin Gagné. Presented by ArtsEmerson and performed by The 7 Fingers at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, through October 13 Montreal-based The 7 Fingers returns to the Cutler Majestic Theatre to kick…
Category: Circus
Seven Fingers Returns to ArtsEmerson with ‘Passengers’
By Mike Hoban ‘Passengers’ – U.S. Premiere presented by ArtsEmerson at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street Boston. September 25 through October 13 ArtsEmerson will be bringing back Montreal’s The Seven Fingers to open their 10th season next week, with the circus arts troupe presenting the U.S. Premiere of ‘Passengers’. The piece will…
Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Corteo’ Breathes Joyous Life into Clown’s Funereal Dream
by Mike Hoban “I dreamt of my funeral,” says Mauro the clown in the opening minutes of Corteo, this year’s Boston touring show from Cirque du Soleil, now playing at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. Originally staged in 2005, Corteo takes us inside Mauro’s wildly imaginative dream of his own funeral, as acted out by his…
ArtsEmerson’s ‘See You Yesterday’ Examines Cambodian Genocide Through Circus Arts
by Mike Hoban ‘See You Yesterday’ – Presented by ArtsEmerson and the Global Arts Corps, at the Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage through Sunday May 19 ArtsEmerson closes out its 2018/2019 season with a 65-minute circus arts/theatrical piece that uses the horrors of the Khmer Rouge genocide as a basis for its narrative,…
