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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Theater Review: SPACE (Central Square Theater and Brit d’Arbeloff Women in Science in Cambridge, MA by Lynne Weiss

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO WOMAN HAS GONE BEFORE After seeing SPACE at Central Square Theater, the line that haunted me came from Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space: “Rocke…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:00PM
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Theater Review: LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K (Handspring Puppet Company and Baxter Theatre at Emerson in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A SEARCH FOR MEANING BROUGHT TO GLORIOUS LIFE BY A PUPPET Based on the Booker-prize winning novel by Nobel-laureate South African J.M. Coetzee and adapted and directed by Lara Foot in collab…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:28PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Theater Review: THE PIANO LESSON (Actors’ Shakespeare Project at Hibernian Hall, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A LESSON ON FAMILY LEGACY Actors’ Shakespeare Project continues its exploration of August Wilson’s Century Cycle with an absolutely superb production of the 1987 Pulitzer-winning masterp…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:32AM
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Theater Review: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (Lyric Stage Boston) by Lynne Weiss

HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES From Intimate Apparel and Sweat to Clyde’s, playwright Lynn Nottage is known for her ability to illuminate the lives of ordinary and working-class people, Black and…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:40AM
Monday, January 13, 2025

Theater Review: AIN’T NO MO’ (SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective at Boston Center for the Arts) by Lynne Weiss

THE ELATION OF NEGATION Written by Jordan E. Cooper and directed by Dawn M. Simmons, the Boston premiere of this Tony-nominated series of provocative satirical sketches explores various face…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:09PM
Monday, December 16, 2024

Theater Review: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER (American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge) by Lynne Weiss

TAP INTO JOY AT A.R.T. I felt the first chills early in Diary of a Tap Dancer. It was during an ensemble number set in the Bronx and the birth of hip hop – I got that feeling in my solar p…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:34PM
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Theater Review: HOLIDAY FEAST (Christmastime Sitcom Scripts; Staged Readings at Front Porch Arts Collective in Cambridge) by Lynne Weiss

FEAST ON THIS! For the second year, Front Porch Arts Collective offers its Holiday Feast of staged readings of scripts from the holiday episodes of Black sitcoms of the 1970s, ’80s, and �…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:46AM
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Theater Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (Moonbox Productions at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge, MA) by Lynne Weiss

A PLAY TO BE THANKFUL FOR Director Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma/Mvskoke) leans into the challenge of bringing the satirical comedy The Thanksgiving Play to the stage with “a ful…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:56PM
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Theater Review: NOISES OFF (Lyric Stage Boston) by Lynne Weiss

NOISES OFF, LAUGHS ON Just in time for the holiday season, Lyric Stage Company of Boston has something for audiences eager for some silly fun. Written by Michael Frayn the quintessential far…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:50AM
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Theater Review: GALILEO’S DAUGHTER (Central Square Theater and WAM Theatre in Cambridge, MA by Lynne Weiss

GALILEO’S THEORIES WOULD PROVE THAT THE SUN DOESN’T MOVE – GALILEO’S DAUGHTER ALSO DOESN’T MOVE It’s an intriguing notion: the ground-breaking scientist and astronomer Galileo Ga…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:23PM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Theater Review: EMMA (Actors Shakespeare Project at the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, MA) by Lynne Weiss

A TIME-TRAVELING JANE AUSTEN What if Jane Austen had managed to read The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking 1963 exploration of why well-educated and prosperous women were s…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:05PM
Sunday, November 10, 2024

Theater Review: TARTUFFE (Hub Theatre Company of Boston) by Lynne Weiss

SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT I have been in a foul mood for the past several days, looking for ways to smash the patriarchy, cursing the unseasonably warm and dry November in my soul …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:44PM
Saturday, November 9, 2024

Theater Review: SOJOURNERS (Huntington Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY CYCLE OF SHOWS How appropriate! I thought, as I stood in the August Wilson Lobby of the Huntington Theatre last night. I was about to see Sojourners, t…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Highly Recommended Opera: AIDA and THE OPERA GALA (Boston Lyric Opera at Emerson Colonial Theater) by Lynne Weiss

On Sunday, November 10, 2024, Boston Lyric Opera’s one-performance-only of Giuseppe Verdi’s triumphal masterpiece Aida precedes the return of its annual fundraiser that supports access t…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Theater Review: PRU PAYNE (SpeakEasy Stage Company at Calderwood Pavilion in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

MEMORY AS AN ACT OF LOVE The East Coast premiere of playwright Steven Drukman’s snappy and cleverly written Pru Payne is movingly brought to the stage under SpeakEasy Stage founder Paul Da…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:37PM
Friday, October 11, 2024

Theater Review: NASSIM (The Huntington Calderwood in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A PLAY THAT’S OUT OF THE BOX Like an acrobat without a net who thrills us with her daring, Iranian-German playwright Nassim Soleimanpour offers a play with virtually no set, no costumes, a…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:16PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Theater Review: LAUGHS IN SPANISH (SpeakEasy Stage Company at Calderwood Pavilion in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

THE LAUGHS ARE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, TOO Playwright Alexis Scheer draws on her Colombian-Jewish upbringing in Miami to create this comic celebration of the city’s Wynwood arts scene and …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Theater Review: URINETOWN (Lyric Stage Boston) by Lynne Weiss

MIND YOUR PEES AND QUEUES Courtney O’Connor’s masterful direction of the unpleasantly titled Urinetown: The Musical brings together numerous wonderful performances along with great music…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM

Theater Review: FIGHT NIGHT (Ontroerend Goed Theatre Performance Company / North American Tour) by Lynne Weiss

A LIVELY AND TIMELY EXAMINATION OF VOTING BEHAVIOR Fight Night, brought to seven American states by the Belgian performance group Ontroerend Goed (a punning name, roughly translated as “Fe…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51AM
Friday, September 20, 2024

Theater Review: LEOPOLDSTADT (Huntington Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY The Huntington and director Carey Perloff bring Tom Stoppard’s beautifully written Leopoldstadt to Boston with engaging performances that make the co…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:40AM
Friday, September 6, 2024

Theater Review: ROMEO AND JULIET (American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge) by Lynne Weiss

ATMOSPHERIC, MOODY, DARK AND MODERN, ROMEO AND JULIET AT A.R.T. BELONGS TO THE AGES As summer turns to autumn, American Repertory Theater brings a dark and moody interpretation of Romeo and …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:25PM
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Theater Review: THE SUPPLIANT WOMEN (Apollinaire Theatre Company at PORT Park in Chelsea, MA) by Lynne Weiss

SUPPLIANT AND DEMAND Looking for a thoroughly pleasant evening on the banks of the Mystic River? Head for Chelsea’s PORT Park and a transfixing performance of The Suppliant Women, by the G…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 05:41PM
Friday, August 2, 2024

Pre-Broadway Review: THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (World Premiere at Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston) by Lynne Weiss

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES! The pre-Broadway production of The Queen of Versailles, studded with Broadway royalty, understandably had Boston abuzz at the opening last night. Despite th…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:13PM
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Theater Review: 46 PLAYS FOR AMERICA’S FIRST LADIES (Hub Theatre Company at Club Café in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

AS USUAL, THE WOMEN DEAL WITH THE MESS Hub Theatre Company‘s pay-what-you-will production of 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies offers a series of playlets as varied as the women portra…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:10AM
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Theater Review: SOUTH PACIFIC (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston in Waltham, MA) by Lynne Weiss

IT REALLY IS AN ENCHATED EVENING I had never seen South Pacific, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s famed and highly successful musical (winner 1950 Pulitzer and numerous Tony awards …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:33AM
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Theater Review: GATSBY (World Premiere Musical at American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA) by Lynne Weiss

GREAT F. SCOTT! F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby recently entered the public domain, and as we approach the centenary of this American classic published in 1925, there is a plethora …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:28PM
Monday, June 10, 2024

Theater Review: THE DYBBUK: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Arlekin Players Theatre in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

YOU’LL LEAVE THIS ASTONISHING PRODUCTION POSSESSED It’s not often I would feel compelled to begin a review with mention of the creative team, but director Igor Golyak  — co-adapting w…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:45AM
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Theater Review: YELLOW FACE (Lyric Stage in Boston) by Lynne Weiss

MAKING FACES You’ve heard of a play-within-a-play? Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang offers us a play-within-a-play-within-a-play in the semi-autobiographical Yellow Face. Lyric S…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:27PM
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Theatre Review: ENGLISH (European Premiere at The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford-upon-Avon and Kiln Theatre, London) by Lynne Weiss

PLAIN ENGLISH The New York production of English, written by Iranian-American Sanaz Toossi, won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023. Directed by Diyan Zara, English is making its European pre…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:04AM
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Theatre Review: THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA (RSC & Wise Children at Swan Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon) by Lynne Weiss

The Buddha of Suburbia, a lively and joyous coming-of-age story set in late 1970s suburban London is a delightful exploration of love in numerous forms, some painful, most unconventional, bu…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Theater Review: A STRANGE LOOP (SpeakEasy Stage Company and Front Porch Arts Collective) by Lynne Weiss

A THEATRICAL LOOP-DE-LOOP Playwright Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed A Strange Loop (winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical) is a shocking work of genius, be…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime