‘An Octoroon’: A new take on mixed-race melodrama
BOSTON – An octoroon , by definition, is someone with one-eighth black blood, an amount that still made it illegal for the person to marry a white person in the South before the… Continue reading
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Goodbye, Columbus: Those wacky, wild Spaniards
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As historical figures, both Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella have been in sore need of some PR repair after the full extent of what really happened more than five centuries… Continue reading
Greenidge’s ‘Milk Like Sugar’: Teens see no way out
BOSTON – Listen and learn. That would seem to be the motto of playwright Kirsten Greenidge, who grew up in Arlington and now lives in Waltham. It might help to explain her facility… Continue reading
‘Pippin’ makes triumphant trek across the river
BOSTON — When the curtain first went up at the American Repertory Theater’s production of “Pippin” in Cambridge in 2012, there was an audible gasp from the audience. Were they in the wrong… Continue reading
URT’s ‘The Convert’: A colonial-era culture clash
CAMBRIDGE – When cultures clash, even the well-intentioned and righteous – or is that self-righteous? – can suffer. When Christian missionaries came to Africa, often ahead of the colonialists and settlers who came… Continue reading
‘Nice Fish’: Small truths revealed on a frozen lake
CAMBRIDGE – The great actors challenge themselves, and Mark Rylance, the winner of multiple Tony and Olivier Awards and currently up for an Oscar for his supporting role in “Bridge of Spies,” has… Continue reading
Sondheim upstages cast in ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’
BOSTON – God bless Spiro Veloudos. For that matter, God bless Peter DuBois. They are dedicated disciples of the work of Stephen Sondheim, the iconic songwriter whose work has graced many of the… Continue reading
A life quickly unravels in Huntington’s ‘Disgraced’
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott BOSTON – You can certainly put yourself in the shoes of Amir Kapoor, the lead character in the… Continue reading
‘Violet’: One woman’s ride towards redemption
BOSTON – The title character in the musical “Violet” is hopeful that at the end of a long bus ride she will find hope, healing and redemption. The musical based on the short… Continue reading
WRT’s ‘Blue Leaves: A comic quest for the spotlight
WELLESLEY – “The House of Blue Leaves” is a bit of a schizophrenic comedy, lurching from dark and bleak to hopeful and optimistic, back to a chaotic circus and even, at times, becoming… Continue reading