Due to the social distancing practices precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 38th annual Elliot Norton Awards will be presented virtually this year. The ceremony, hosted by the Boston Theater Critics Association, will take place on May 11.
Read MoreWill Power was only somewhat aware of Boston’s recent progressive reawakening when he began developing his latest piece, Detroit Red. The playwright, an early pioneer of the hip-hop theatre genre, was interested in exploring a lesser-known period of Malcolm X’s life when he realized how perfectly suited the play and the city were to each other.
Read MoreAn interview with “Booksmart” director Olivia Wilde, writer Katie Silberman and stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever .
Read MoreChoreographer and educator Ilyse Robbins discusses her work in SpeakEasy stage’s “Once”
Read MoreAn interview with David Sedaris
Read MoreWith Lyric Stage Company getting ready to mount their production of the 1939 three-acter, DigBoston caught up with the women of The Little Foxes, as well as director Scott Edmiston, who believes Hellman is overdue for admission into the pantheon of Great American Playwrights.
Read MoreAlonso Ruizpalacios’ Museo, aside from being a virtuoso piece of filmmaking, is unique in that it considers the precarious morality of history museums.
Read MoreI caught up with Ebersole in anticipation of her arrival in Boston for a conversation with Seth Rudetsky. Sadly, her sparkling personality and mischievous laugh do not translate as well onto the page.
Read MoreA multimedia theater piece filters shadow puppets, cardboard cutouts, and good old-fashioned pantomime through live cameras to depict the alienating effects of a consumer culture gone terribly wrong.
Read MoreThe ways a group of teenage girls treat each other is often at the forefront of the Lyric Stage production of Sarah DeLappe’s one-act play about a girl’s indoor soccer team
Read MoreOthello has more connections to contemporary society than one might care to admit (or write down), as observed in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production, now in performance at the American Repertory Theater.
Read MoreIn a first-rate production directed by Michael Greif, the legendary prizefighter’s past, present, and future battle it out in an unforgiving tempest of celebrity, identity, and legacy.
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