AstonRep Theatre Company returns to live performance after a COVID-induced hiatus with a new staging of French playwright Yasmina Reza’s 2006 comedy, which the troupe previously presented in 2012. Reza’s play, in British playwright Christopher Hampton’s 2008 English translation, concerns two heterosexual married couples, the Novaks and the Raleighs, brought together because their 11-year-old sons […]
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Equus explores how media fantasies feed a young man’s violence
A 46-year-old play contains contemporary resonance in AstonRep’s staging.
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Speaking ill of the dead in Roast
A comedian requests a roast in lieu of a wake in Harry Wood’s debut play.
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The Crowd You’re in With is trapped in 2007, both dramatically and politically
Why do people always turn into sneering jackasses during dinner parties in plays?
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Akeelah and the Bee, Die Walküre, and 14 more new stage shows to see
An inspirational kids’ show and a not-be-missed Lyric Opera production are among this week’s best bets.
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now
A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week’s best bets.
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The Tall Girls; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and eight more new theater reviews
A League of One’s Own for Depression-era women’s basketball and a musical based on the Australian cult classic are among this week’s best bets.