Presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Allegra Libonati
July 19 – August 6, 2017
Boston Common
Boston, MA
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Romeo and Juliet is like an old jalopy: if you want it to run, you need to know where to kick it, when to kick it, and how hard to kick it. Unfortunately, I really don’t think that director Allegra Libonati has the formula down (and not for lack of trying). Continue reading
The Kite Runner adapted for the stage by Matthew Spangler.
Novel by the same name by author Khaled Hosseini.
Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue.
Photo by Andrew Brilliant/ Brilliant Pictures.
Performances, September 9-30, 2012
New Repertory Theater
Charles Mosesian Theater
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472
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Review by Kitty Drexel
(Watertown) New Rep’s The Kite Runner is adapted for the stage by Matthew Spangler from the novel by the same name by author Khaled Hosseini. Director, Elaine Vaan Hogue, interprets her subject with fresh perspective in our post-9/11 world with compassion and ingenuity. Continue reading
Monster by Neal Bell, Boston Center for American Performance/Boston University Theatre, Lane Comley Studio 210, 2/9/12-2/25/12, http://www.bu.edu/cfa/bcap/monster.html.
Reviewed by Craig Idlebrook
(Boston, MA) A play rarely works when the actors have to emotionally sprint throughout all acts. A cast needs to pick its moments to ratchet up the tension and raise the stakes, or risk numbing the audience with melodrama. Unfortunately, the Boston University production Monster begins at a precipice of volume and angst and never can climb down to connect with theatregoers. Instead of communion, the production comes closer to an assault.
Monster is an ambitious staging of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. At its best, the tale can be a window into the theme of the messy pain of creation and abandonment from God and/or our parents. Continue reading
