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Apr 24

A House with Good Bones: “Alba”

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Presented by Teatro Chelsea
A new play by Alejandro Rodriguez
Based on The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca
Produced & directed by Mariela Lopez-Ponce

April 17-May 4, 2025 
Chelsea Theatre Works Black Box
181 Winnisimmet Street
Chelsea, MA 02150

Critique by Kitty Drexel

CHELSEA, Mass. — Alba, currently running at the Chelsea Theatre Works black box through May 4, is a modern adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s 1945 classic The House of Bernarda Alba. Playwright Alejandro Rodriguez spins Lorca’s play by adding a narrator, a male Poet, to a play originally written for 12 women and one child. Rightly or wrongly, this adaptation provides the male perspective on the relationships between women in a family free of men.   Continue reading →

Feb 20

A Wicked Awesome Tribute: “Make Way For Ducklings: the Musical”

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Presented by Wheelock Family Theatre
In partnership with Adventure Theatre MTC
Book by Sandra Eskin & Michael J. Bobbitt
Music and lyrics by William Yanesh
Adapted from the book by Robert McCloskey
Directed by Emily Ranii
Music directed by Jon Goldberg
Choreographed by Joy Clark 
Artistic Sign Language/ASL Coaching by Kelly Kim

Feb. 17 – March 12, 2023
Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
180 Riverway
Boston, MA 02155
Open Captioning provided at all events 
Accessibility Performance Dates: March 5th, 2023 at 2:00 PM and March 11th, 2022 at 2:00

Run Time: 70 minutes with no intermission

Review by Kitty Drexel

Boston, MA —Wheelock Family Theatre’s Make Way For Ducklings: the Musical celebrates all things great about Boston. Sandra Eskin, Michael J. Bobbitt, & William Yanesh’s musical (based on the book by Robert McCloskey) pays loving homage to the many ways our city amazes and confounds tourists, townies, and even the most stalwart of proud New Englanders. This theatrical tribute is intended for families of all ages. It will surely charm the meanest of Boston bruisers so adults without wee ones should feel free to attend but mind their manners when they do.  Continue reading →