Robert Schenkkan Tells LBJ’s History in Rotating Rep
A Texas playwright takes on an iconic Texas politician in ‘All the Way’ and ‘The Great Society,’ and finds a figure of Shakespearean—i.e., tragic—proportions.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
What If Auditions Were More Like Collaborations Than Competitions?
Two Boston-based companies try new, more ensemble-based approaches to the casting process.
Mary Zimmerman’s Bare Necessities: a Text, a Set, a Cast—and a Disney Cartoon
The Chicago adapter/director seems like a natural choice to turn the beloved ‘Jungle Book’ into a stage musical, but that doesn’t mean it’s been easy.
Harbor Stage Company Is Fishing for a Watery Past
‘The Billingsgate Project’ interweaves real history and contemporary speculation
From the Bones of Giants: David Auburn Takes on Eugene O’Neill
The playwright directs ‘Anna Christie’ at Berkshire Theatre Group.
Double Edge’s ‘Grand Paradise’ Rushes the Gates of Heaven
The Massachusetts-based company’s Chagall-inspired new work marches through a turbulent century.
The Interrogation of Desire
Memory holds the key to playwright Christopher Shinn’s resonant dramas of the psyche.
Production Notebook: Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘The Possibilitarians’
A puppet piece inspired by utopian farmers puts down deep roots.
Anne Boleyn Lives Again
Howard Brenton’s play imagines Henry VIII’s ill-fated second wife as a major player in a religious struggle.
The Commons Touch
Thanks to a triumvirate of forward-lookers, a think tank grows in Boston.
