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Friday, April 14, 2023

Theater Review: JUST FOR US (Alex Edelman at the Calderwood Pavilion and Colonial Theatre in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE SUPREMACIST MEETING If you're looking for great night of humor about white supremacy and anti-Semitism (and who isn't?), this is the show for y…

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Theater Review: CORIOLANUS (Actors' Shakespeare Project in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

MAMA'S BOY, FOR BETTER OR WORSE When I think of Shakespeare's women, many names come to mind: Gertrude, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Beatrice, Portia, Helena, Titania, Rosalind, Juliet, Desdemona.…

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Theater Review: CLYDE'S (Huntington Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A SATISFYING MEAL OF TASTY THEATER You might call Clyde's the other piece of bread in Lynn Nottage's sandwich about Reading, Pennsylvania, where the playwright spent two years conducting int…

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Theater Review: INTO THE WOODS (National Tour at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

NO FAIRY TALE ENDINGS Last night, Boston became the third stop in the 2023 National Tour of the 2022 Broadway Revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's much-Tony'd and much-loved mash-u…

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Friday, March 17, 2023

Theater Review: K-I-S-S-I-N-G (Huntington Theatre Company in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G Poet, screenwriter, and performer Lenelle Moïse (pronounced Len-EL Moy-EEZ) is a playwright for this co-production from The Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington, t…

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Regional Review: THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA) by Lynne Weiss

WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? A ROLLICKING NIGHT OUT WITH THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN After a sold-out run at London's Kiln Theatre, The Wife of Willesden has arrived in North America. Let me begin by sayin…

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Theater Review: THE GREAT LEAP (Lyric Stage Company of Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A SLAM DUNK! The Great Leap opens with hearty humor and carries its audience along in an absorbing story until a profound poignancy begins to permeate the senses. Tyler Simahk plays Manford …

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Monday, February 20, 2023

Theater Review: SEVEN GUITARS (Actors Shakespeare Project at Hibernian Hall, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

SEVEN CHEERS FOR SEVEN GUITARS The Actors Shakespeare Company's production of Seven Guitars deserves at least seven cheers for this powerful production of August Wilson's Pulitzer-nominated …

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Sunday, February 19, 2023

Theater Review: MAGIC PEARL (Pinwheel at the Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA) by Lynne Weiss

A MAGIC AFTERNOON Beautiful music (Christopher Vu, composer; Bo Jones (Lee) flute; Thomas Barth, cello, and Michael Weinfeld-Zell, percussion) and richly colored projected visuals gave a sol…

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Friday, January 27, 2023

Theater Review: THE ART OF BURNING (Huntington Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

THE ART OF BURNING WITH RAGE Fast-paced and gripping, laced at times with humor, The Art of Burning opens with an ominous threat: "Sometimes you have to kill the things you love to save them…

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Theater Review: HEAR HER SING FOR FREEDOM (Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, MA) by Lynne Weiss

THIS FREEDOM RINGS In a weekend of numerous uplifting events celebrating the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Hear Her Sing for Freedom stood out for bringing for…

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Theater Review: PRELUDES (Lyric Stage in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

PRELUDE TO A BREAKTHROUGH The Lyric Stage Company brings powerful performances to Dave Malloy's remarkable evocation of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff's struggles with a creative block thr…

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Theater Review: MIDWINTER REVELS: A SOLSTICE CELEBRATION " TALES FROM ELLIS ISLAND (Sanders Theater at Harvard and Online) by Lynne Weiss

LET THE REVELS' SUN SHINE IN TO YOUR HOME Like the waning of the old year and the arrival of the new that it celebrates, The Revels organization has returned to the stage in 2022 with a new …

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Sunday, December 18, 2022

Theater Review: LIFE OF PI (American Repertory Theater in Cambridge) by Lynne Weiss

COME FOR A THEATRICAL EVENT; STAY FOR THE STORY The eye-popping special effects of Life of Pi are reason enough to see this show. When video, lighting, and sound designers Andrzej Goulding, …

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Sunday, November 20, 2022

Theater Review: THE CHINESE LADY (Central Square Theater in Bostom) by Lynne Weiss

BONE-DEEP CHINA Afong Moy was brought to the United States by Boston-born traders known as the Carnes Brothers, merchants who exhibited Moy in a room filled with "Chinese curiosities" includ…

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Monday, October 24, 2022

Theater Review: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (Huntington Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

Don't let this gripping production of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone come and go without seeing it yourself. This is classic American theater essential to our collective understa…

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Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off