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Feb 23

Serenading Aliens and Lukewarm Coffee as the World Ends: “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals”

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Presented by Yorick Ensemble 
Music and lyrics by Jeff Blim 
Book by Matt & Nick Lang
Directed by Kari Boutcher
Music direction by Elias Condakes 
Choreographer & Violence/Intimacy Director: Sydney T. Grant

February 13–22
Boston Center For the Arts
Boston, MA

Review by Kitty Drexel

BOSTON — It’s been a weird month of politics muddling the waking life of everyday citizens. Yesterday was a weird day of weird happenings which continued with a weird mishap at the Boston Center for the Arts. My ticket confirmation email for Thursday’s performance told me Yorick Ensemble’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals performance started at 7:30 PM that night. My ticket from the box office said this, too, so I thought I had an extra 40 minutes at 6:53 PM yesterday to mosey over to the theatre. But, the BCA website said The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals started at 7 PM. Not knowing which source to trust, I moseyed faster to Tremont St. Scooting through the BCA’s front doors, I overheard a young man on a headset describe us entering and holding for the house. Was I late? It sounded like I was. Fortunately, I wasn’t the only confused attendee; several others entered the Plaza Theatre after me. The show eventually started around 7:15 PM without a clear answer.  Continue reading →

Feb 20

Wham! Comic mischief in “Flora & Ulysses”

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Photo courtesy of Nile Scott Studios.

Presented by Wheelock Family Theatre
Adapted for the stage by John Glore
Based on the book by Kate DiCamillo
Directed by Joshua Rashon Streeter
Composed and Sound Designed by Mackenzie Adamick
Puppet Design by Amanda Gibson
Projection Design by Justin Lahue
Props Design by Saskia Martinez
Scenic Design by Danielle Delafuente
Costume Design by Nia Safarr Banks
Lighting Design by Lawrence A. Ware

Online playbill

February 15 – March 9, 2025
Wheelock Family Theatre
Boston University; Fenway Campus
200 The Riverway
Boston,  MA 02215

Critique by Helen Ganley

BOSTON — Common media often asserts that heroes come in all shapes and sizes, citing a range that stretches from DC’s Doll Man (thirteen inches tall, with an attitude) to Marvel’s Stature (fifty feet and fighting with the Young Avengers). But does this spectrum include a flying, super-strong, philosophy-spouting squirrel? Wheelock Family Theatre’s Flora & Ulysses expands the superhero multiverse beyond traditional humanity, following the story of a comic-obsessed 10-year-old girl and her unlikely superhero protégé as they navigate the trials of suburbia. Continue reading →

Jan 28

Stuck and Bored at the End of the Line: C1’s “Haunted”

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Presented by Company One Theatre produced in partnership with the Boston Public Library with support from the National New Play Network and the Rolling World Premiere Program
Written, directed and choreographed by Tara Moses
Dramaturgy by Quita Sullivan
Fight choreography by Marisa Diamond
Community Advisor: Maria Hendricks

Jan. 24 – Feb. 15, 2025
Rabb Hall at the Boston Public Library, Central Branch
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

Critique by Noelani Kamelamela

BOSTON — Comparisons between Tara Moses’ “Haunted”, Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” are inevitable. So, yes, there are two main characters waiting for something in this play and amusing each other while they pass the time. I admit it. Fine. That’s it, that’s all I’m saying about those connections. 

Below the surface, “Haunted” brings to life two young indigenous ghosts, Ash (Bradley Lewis) and Aaron (Chingwe Padraig Sullivan), who are rooted in one place while it changes around them. They constantly opine and long for freedom. One of their comforts and constants, the well-known hits of the early 2000s, provides emotional escape, but also constant reminders of how stuck and bored they have become. Continue reading →

Jan 15

Survival, Sisterhood, and Small Triumphs: “Crumbs from the Table of Joy”

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Thomika Marie Bridwell, Madison Margaret Clark and Dominic Carter. Photo by Mark S. Howard.

Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Tasia A. Jones
Scenic Design by Cristina Todesco
Costume Design by Mikayla Reid
Lighting Design by Eduardo Ramirez
Sound Design by Aubrey Dube
Props Design by Lauren Corcuera
Stage Managed by Nerys Powell
Assistant Stage Managed by Ally MacLean
Voice & Dialect Coached by Allison Beauregard

January 10 – February 2, 2025
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Boston, MA 02116
Online playbill

Critique by Helen Ganley

BOSTON — The syncopated groove of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s “Everything is Everything” sweeps over the audience, settling like gossamer smoke over the sepia toned Victorian archway of a Brooklyn apartment. A young Black girl in a simple yellow dress and worn saddle shoes stands at the center of this accommodation, guiding us through the memories of her time there. In this way, the Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production of Crumbs from the Table of Joy intertwines grief, divinity, expectations, and family, unfolding like a silver screen storyboard that leaves us feeling changed. Continue reading →