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The Addams Family musical toys with 'real' Americans

Liberal elites
Contained in their haunted-house black humor, Charles Addams's original Addams Family cartoons seemed intended as a sly critique of boring suburbia and an affirmation of quirky, alternative lifestyles.

By: MADDY MYERS | February 14, 2012

Review: 69°S.: The Shackleton Project

An ethereal trip to the turn-of-the-century wilds of the South Pole
“Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”

By: THOMAS PAGE MCBEE | February 10, 2012

Gamm's Festen; plus Whistler's Fen

Last supper
"Denmark's a prison," opined Hamlet some 400 years ago.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | February 01, 2012

Interview: Katie Leung follows Harry Potter with ART's Wild Swans

On track
Fans of J.K Rowling's wizarding empire (read: every man, woman, and child) all remember the moment we were introduced to Cho Chang, the lucky Ravenclaw who gets to paint the town (and do a bit of snogging) with Mr. Potter himself.

By: CASSANDRA LANDRY | January 31, 2012

American Idiot rocks out

The Boston premiere of Michael Mayor's staging
As the crowd spilled in for Tuesday night's Boston premiere of Green Day's American Idiot , necks craned and fingers pointed, mohawked guys in their mid-30s and elderly couples jostled for their seats alongside teenage girls in plaid skirts and suspenders.

By: CASSANDRA LANDRY | January 26, 2012

Green Eyes at the Ames; Robbie McCauley's Sugar

Suite stuff
Forget the Hotel California; welcome to the Hotel Tennessee.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | January 24, 2012

Huntington pays tribute to God of Carnage

Parent flap
If Lord of the Flies wanted an upscale-urban bookend, it could do worse than God of Carnage (presented by the Huntington Theatre Company at the BU Theatre through February 5).

By: CAROLYN CLAY | January 18, 2012

Interview: Michael Mayer, director of the Broadway tour of American Idiot

Green Day's rock opera comes to Boston
Michael Mayer has a history of being all over the map in the choices of plays he has directed. From Chekhov's Uncle Vanya to the smash rock musical Spring Awakening , he's consistently ventured out of the comfort zone.

By: MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | January 12, 2012

Red explores Rothko's emotional palette

Scarlet fever
Mark Rothko sees red in Red — and not just when staring hard at his iconic Seagram murals.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | January 10, 2012

Lyric Stage's superior Superior Donuts

Boston beats NY
No one, to my knowledge, has accused Superior Donuts of being superior Tracy Letts.

By: ED SIEGEL | January 10, 2012

David Wheeler, 1925–2012

In memoriam
Why did news of David Wheeler's death last week come as such a shock?

By: CAROLYN CLAY | January 11, 2012

Apollinaire's progressive Uncle Vanya

Moveable feast
Guns go off in Uncle Vanya. And in Apollinaire Theatre Company's production (at Chelsea Theatre Works through January 22), the title character is one of them.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | January 04, 2012

Warming up with the Boston theater scene's winter offerings

Cold remedies
Although the whirlwind of Scrooges and Rockettes will soon be exiting stage left, the storm of winter theater continues unabated.

By: MADDY MYERS | December 29, 2011

Dueling stages

When it came to home teams vs. visitors, audiences were the winners
It's been the visitors versus the home teams this year.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 20, 2011

The delights of Three Pianos at the A.R.T.

Three guys who love Schubert
Three guys. Not singers, but they sing. Not pianists, but they play the piano.

By: LLOYD SCHWARTZ | December 13, 2011

Kathleen Turner can't save High

Wasted
The most shocking thing about High (at the Cutler Majestic Theatre through December 11) is not that Kathleen Turner plays a nun.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 13, 2011

Three Viewings; Ultimate Christmas (abridged)

Death takes a holiday
Instead of sugarplums, New Repertory Theatre is serving up funeral meats.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 06, 2011

Ain't Misbehavin' at Lyric Stage

Fats entertainment
If the current campaign against obesity means we have to hate Fats Waller, well, to hell with it.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 29, 2011

A new play about Adolf Eichmann traps itself

Captive
In a way, Adolf Eichmann had an even greater hold on the collective unconscious of those born after the war than the other Adolf.

By: ED SIEGEL | November 22, 2011

Company One owns The Brother/Sister Plays

Louisiana purchase
Symbolism blows over swampland in The Brother/Sister Plays , a hypnotic trilogy making its area debut courtesy of Company One (at the BCA Plaza through December 3).

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 16, 2011

Mabou Mines deconstructs Ibsen, plus The Civilians

In the Heights
I have been looking forward to this Obie-winning allegory built on Ibsen's A Doll's House since it opened in New York in 2003.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 08, 2011

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