Short Takes (3min read) – Page 9

‘Lost Cellphone Weekend’ Delivers Message – and Laughs

Posted on February 8, 2024April 13, 2026 by Mike Hoban

‘Lost Cellphone Weekend’ – Book, Music, and Lyrics by Stephen Gilbane. Directed by Image Theater Artistic Director Jerry Bisantz. Lighting Design by John MacKenzie. Sound Design by Stephen Gilbane. Presented by Image Theater at the Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, 240 Central Street, Lowell, MA, through February 10. By Mike Hoban Don…

Central Square’s “Machine Learning” Weaves Humanity and AI

Posted on February 7, 2024April 13, 2026 by Michele Markarian

“Machine Learning”, by Francisco Mendoza. Directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman. Presented by Central Square Theater in partnership with Teatro Chelsea, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, through February 25. by Michele Markarian Arnold is a nursing application created by a young brainiac, Jorge (Armando Rivera), to keep an eye on his alcoholic and cancer-ridden father, Gabriel (the excellent Jorge…

Simmering Dysfunction and Sizzling Performances in Hovey’s ‘Appropriate’

Posted on February 2, 2024April 30, 2026 by Theater Mirror

Hovey Players presents ‘Appropriate’ by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Directed by Michelle Aguillon. Set Design by Tom Powers. Lighting Design by Eric Jacobsen. Costume Design by Gabrielle Hatcher. Sound Design by Chris Brousseau. Hovey Players, 9 Spring Street, Waltham, through February 3, 2024. By Linda Chin Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play Appropriate takes place on a plantation in Arkansas,…

A Commanding ‘Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight’ at the Huntington

Posted on January 31, 2024April 30, 2026 by Theater Mirror

“Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight” – Written and directed by John Kolvenbach. Scenic Design by Kristine Holmes. Lighting Design by M Berry. Presented by Huntington Theatre Company, the Maso Studio, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, through March 23, 2024. By Linda Chin Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight is both the title of a very…