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By Kilian Melloy The good people of Grover’s Corner seem like American archetypes. They’re our neighbors, our local merchants and civil servants, our family members; they are us. Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play Our Town celebrates small-town America even as it mythologizes an ideal of family and community. Set in the early years of the 20th…
By C.J. Williams Gleeful send-up and homage, this gender-swapped Holmesian adventure set in 2021 London, featuring a New Yorker Watson and a cast that clearly delights in the havoc of playing multiple roles at speed (one-man Lestrade-Moriarty-Sleazy Politician, anyone?) Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson by Kate Hamill is a quirky, funny-bone-prodding sprint for its full…
‘My First Ex-Husband’ — Play by Joyce Behar. Directed by Randal Myler. Presented by The Huntington Selects. Produced by Caiola Productions and Cyrena Esposito. At The Huntington Calderwood, 537 Tremont St., Boston, through September 28. By Shelley A. Sackett Joy Behar is familiar to fans of television’s ABC daytime talk show, “The View,” as the…
ArtsEmerson will bring Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer, to the Emerson Paramount Center from September 19–21, 2025. Written and performed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina Wong and directed by Jessica Hanna, this “uproarious and heartfelt solo karaoke musical” promises to celebrate America’s emergency food system with “biting wit and unstoppable charm”. Theater Mirror’s Mike Hoban had a…
