“Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight” – Written and directed by John Kolvenbach. Presented by Huntington Theatre Company, the Maso Studio, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, through March 23. By Michele Markarian “I’m getting an East Village vibe here,” I whisper to my friend as we wait for the curtain to go up. But there is…
Dreams Deferred in Lyric’s ‘Trouble in Mind’
Trouble In Mind by Playwright Alice Childress. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Scenic Design by Shelley Barish. Costume Design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt. Lighting Design by Deb Sullivan. Sound Design by Aubrey Dube. At the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Clarendon Steet, through February 4. By Linda Chin In his 1951 poem “Harlem” Langston Hughes poses…
Harbor Stage’s ‘Northside Hollow’ is Intimate, Immersive, And Gripping
‘Northside Hollow’ – by Jonathan Fielding and Brenda Withers. Presented by Harbor Stage Company. Lighting Design by Andrew Garvis. Original Scenic Design by Sara C. Walsh. Original Sound Design by David Lanza. At BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, through January 20, 2024. By Linda Chin Following an acclaimed world premiere in…
The Terror and Beauty of Plexus Polaire’s “Moby Dick” at ArtsEmerson
by Michele Markarian “Moby Dick” by Plexus Polaire. Inspired by Herman Melville’s novel. Directed by Yngvild Aspeli. Presented by ArtsEmerson, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston, through January 28. “There are three types of men – the living, the dead, and those who go to sea,” Ishmael (a charismatic Julian Spooner) tells us at…



