“Must-See” is a grossly overused word in theater reviews these days, but if there’s a show this year that merits that mantle, it’s When Playwrights Kill, now playing at the Huntington.
Theater Reviews
HCEP’s “The Weir” Tells Ghost Stories That Fail To Haunt
Here Comes Everybody Players are making their grand revival and kicking off a new era of theatrical events with a fully staged production of Connor McPherson’s The Weir.
CST’s ‘Breaking the Code’ Is Not To Be Missed
Central Square Theater’s stirring production of Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code follows the turbulent but brilliant life of one of the world’s most important thinkers.
Lyric Stage’s “…Shamelessly Gorgeous” Puts Black Women Center Stage
At the center of Lyric Stage Company’s production of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous is Anna Campbell (Patrice Jean Baptiste), an older Black actress whose claim to fame was a one-woman show in which she performed–in the nude–all the male monologues from August Wilson’s plays.
