by Tony Annicone Trinity Repertory Company’s closing show of their 2021/22 season is “Fairview”, a Pulitzer Prize winning show by Jackie Sibblies Drury. It is about an upper middle class African American family that starts off as a sitcom a la “Good Times”, but then becomes confrontational. The play also turns interactive with a riveting…
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Shall We Cancel A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder? It Appears To Be the Only Civilized Thing to Do.
by Michael Cox Times have changed. The theatre, especially, has changed in the past few years. Every theatre company in this city has declared as much. This musical comedy, the culminating play of Lyric Stage Company’s season, is filled from beginning to end with the most vile and offensive sentiments. Exploitative and entitled characters espouse…
SpeakEasy’s ‘The Inheritance’ is a Beautifully Realized Production of an Ambitious and Imperfect Play
by Julie-Anne Whitney ‘The Inheritance’ – Written by Matthew López; directed by Paul Daigneault; movement and intimacy direction by Yo-El Cassell; scenic design by Cristina Todesco; costume design by Charles Schoonmaker; lighting design by Karen Perlow; sound design by Dewey Dellay; stage-managed by Thomas M. Kauffman. Produced by SpeakEasy Stage Company at the BCA/Calderwood Pavilion…
In Huntington’s ‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars’, Family Comes First – at a Price
‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars’ – Written by Kirsten Greenidge; directed by Kimberly Senior; set design by Marion Williams; costume design by Sarita Fellows; lighting design by Mary Louise Geiger; sound design and original music by Jane Shaw; wig/hair and makeup design by Tommy Kurzman; stage managed by Kevin Schlagle. Produced by The Huntington Theatre at…
