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Home » theater review

Tag: theater review

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Local arts reviews, like Oscar nominations, aren’t covering America

by Coya Paz Brownrigg January 31, 2020August 18, 2021

Coverage and awards send a disappointing—but not unexpected—message about whose stories really matter.

Posted inArts & Culture

An unlikely friendship develops in How to Use a Knife

by Albert Williams May 3, 2018August 18, 2021

A dishwasher with a mysterious past flaunts his skills with a blade.

The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen
Posted inArts & Culture

The Fantastical Three

by Tony Adler March 3, 2011August 19, 2021

This year’s Garage Rep productions have a lack of naturalism in common.

Posted inArts & Culture

Aunt Tom

by Zac Thompson February 17, 2011August 19, 2021

Freedom is a peculiar institution in Thomas Bradshaw’s Mary.

Dead Pile
Posted inArts & Culture

Workingman’s Beef

by Kerry Reid February 10, 2011August 19, 2021

Laura Jacqmin’s new play investigates the factory farm.

The Lost Boys of Sudan
Posted inArts & Culture

The Second Act Is American Life

by Zac Thompson April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

And it drains the power from Lonnie Carter’s play about the Lost Boys of Sudan.

The Ring Cycle
Posted inArts & Culture

The No-Sing Ring

by Zac Thompson February 18, 2010August 19, 2021

Wagner’s epic opera, without the opera, at the Building Stage

The Skin of our Teeth
Posted inArts & Culture

Timely and Dated

by Albert Williams February 18, 2010August 19, 2021

The Skin of Our Teeth at the Artistic Home: Thornton Wilder’s vintage take on the eternal quandaries

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