Theater
‘A Strange Loop’ Review: ‘Big, Black and Queer-Ass American Broadway’ Comes to Boston
Professionalism and personality shine in Speakeasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective’s production of Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop.”
Marianna Bassham on Love and Vulnerability in a Contemporary ‘Romeo and Juliet’
In her work, theater artist Marianna Bassham finds care and compassion in relationships between characters, even so-called enemies.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Eats
"Little Shop of Horrors" was hilarious and comedic, and despite a few technical hiccups, proved a fun and delightfully gory escape for its audience.
‘Speakeasy: The Faire’ Review: A Friday Night Comedy Extravaganza
"Speakeasy: The Faire" featured five stand-up comedians and musical performances and delivered a true reverie.
‘It’s A Date’ Revels in the Court of Public Judgment
"It's a Date" proves a cathartic experience for its spectators, who surely are all too familiar with the universal awkwardness of first dates.
‘Hadestown’ Review: A Musical Worthy of Immortalization
Anaïs Mitchell’s musical is sure to go down in theater history; a production worthy of the gods makes the tour unmissable.
Nymphia Wind Breathes New Life into Centuries of Asian Drag
Through drag, Wind invites examination of the unorthodox presentations of gender in the deep archives and hidden crannies of Asian storytelling.
‘Don Giovanni’ Preview: A Modern Don Giovanni For The 21st Century
Don Giovanni has been reimagined as a modern celebrity, as the characters around him are drawn into his antics in a world driven by social media.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Preview: A Campy, Gory, Mesmerizing Comedy Musical
Harvard is home to all sorts of mesmerizing flowers. Conspicuously absent, however, are giant, extraterrestrial, carnivorous flytrap-like plants.
Artist Profile: Isabella Madrigal ‘24 on the Cahuilla Community and Multidisciplinary Creativity
In high school, Madrigal wrote “Menil and Her Heart,” a play based on Cahuilla stories that tackles the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
Women Are Funny: Female Comedians That You Should Watch
Stand-up comedy is often seen as a boys’ club. Even so, female comedians are shining a spotlight on the issues that women face.
Invaluable and Illicit: ‘Slime Tutorials’ for an Online Generation
Slime tutorials were an important part of the childhoods of many theater lovers, but also represent an ongoing problem.
‘La Tragédie De Carmen’ Review: An Operatic Classic Revisited
Directed by Alexandra Dietrich, this vision of “Carmen” sought to highlight the outsider statuses of the opera’s two protagonists.
‘Burn This’ Review: A Good-But-Not-Great Exploration of Loss, Love, and Longing
Hub Theatre’s “Burn This” seeks to probe weighty facets of life, but the actors do not achieve the necessary complexity to do so.
