Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
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.
Initiated by the Huntington Theatre, the Ufot Family Cycle is a massive undertaking by the Boston theater community. Across nine plays and three generations, Mfoniso Udofia’s series examines both the intimate life of one family and the expansive reach of the African diaspora.
“We talk about the mission of the Chorus being a three-legged stool…create wonderful music, create social change, and create a community for those people who have no other communities.”
Greater Boston Stage has once again mined the suspense genre and struck theatrical gold with an exhilarating production of the white-knuckle thriller, Wait Until Dark.
