Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
Australian circus company, Gravity and Other Myths, has been touring the world– and just made their Boston debut– with their new show, Ten Thousand Hours* which explores the idea of how years of intentional, dedicated practice eventually leads to advanced mastery.
Interview by Kilian Melloy London-born playwright and screenwriter Martin McDonagh has won international acclaim for his work, with films like In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri to his credit, as well as stage works like The Pillowman, Hangmen, A Behanding in Seattle, and his two Ireland-set cycles. The Aran Islands trilogy comprises The…
The Sitayana (or “How to Make an Exit”) is a beautifully designed masterpiece of revisionist mythology, a tribute to the playwright’s pattern of spotlighting the work, patience, and invisible labor of women in building our stories and world. Sita gets to exit on her own terms. But don’t let this show exit Boston’s stage without you seeing just how she does it.
‘Operation Mincemeat’ — Book, Music and Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts. Directed by Robert Hastie. Choreographed by Jenny Arnold. Music Direction by Nick Williams. Presented by Broadway in Boston at The Emerson Colonial Theatre through October 20. By Shelley A. Sackett In 1943, Ian Fleming (yes, that Ian Fleming) is…
