‘The Healing’ Mends New Wounds With Old Friends
Samuel D. Hunter’s play for Theater Breaking Through Barriers is about a group of childhood friends who happen to be Deaf and disabled.
Category Archives: Previews
Front & Center for July/August 2016
Immersive theatre, nautical shows, and more take stages across the country this summer.
Conquering ‘The Norman Conquests’ Without Going Broke
Northern Stage, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Weston Playhouse team up to bring Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy to life.
Distilling Chekhov in ‘The Square Root of Three Sisters’
Russian director Dmitry Krymov’s first English-language production at Yale transcends language and form.
In Cold Blood? ‘Ballad of Frankie Silver’ Reopens a Local Case
A new play at Parkway Playhouse finds modern relevance in a mysterious local tale of murder.
‘Anastasia,’ All Grown Up With Somewhere to Go
Adapting the beloved animated musical film for the stage, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally make another journey to the past.
Front & Center for May/June 2016
Cult-favorite musicals, murder mysteries, film adaptations, and more take the stage this month.
Shotgun Players’ ‘Hamlet’ Plays Role Roulette
In a new staging, 7 actors trade off parts, randomly selected each night from—what else?—Yorick’s skull.
Dueling-Fairy Fan Fiction From the Reduced Shakespeare Company
Proving that the Bard can be revered with irreverence, Folger Theatre presents a ‘lost’ play that never was.
Lost and Found: ‘Ghosts of Lote Bravo’ Explores Mexico’s Underbelly
Hilary Bettis’s new play, about the disappearing women of Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, is appearing at several theatres.
