WATERTOWN – There is something about the first strains of the violin in the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof” that immediately transports you to a faraway time and place. The musical’s “Tradition”… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – What can happen when we push our conscience into the background and out of the way as a matter of convenience? What compromises can we make with ourself to rationalize the… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – With the Apple family, it’s not about the destination, but the journey. The series of four plays by Richard Nelson are all about small pleasures – such as eating and drinking… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — Playwrights have often found fertile ground in suggesting meetings between icons that never actually happened. There was the successful pairing of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in Steve Martin’s “Picasso at… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – Caryl Churchill’s 2002 play “A Number” was inspired by the furor around the cloning of Dolly the sheep, sparking ethical questions about what might happen if and when the practice becomes… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — There are usually tragic consequences when a magnificent obsession is derailed. It is a topic that was explored earlier in this theatrical season in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Elizabeth… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — The playwright Ronan Noone, a native of Ireland who lives in Weymouth now and is an American citizen, says that he while he considers himself an American writer, in some ways… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — We human beings are wired to find the humor in the most tragic, dark situations, as a way of keeping our sanity or as part of the healing or grieving process.… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — We human beings are wired to find the humor in the most tragic, dark situations, as a way of keeping our sanity or as part of the healing or grieving process.… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — Where does duty to God and country end and duty to family begin? Does not outweigh the other? And do you, as family man, have the right to seek your glory… Continue reading