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.
New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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.
A Little Bit of History Repeating
Christopher Shinn’s political play ‘Now or Later’ may mean more now than it did earlier.
The Circle Game
Innovations in artistic practice take center stage at TCG’s 2012 National Conference in Boston.
