Making art and making a living: Artists on the business
Making art and making a living can be two different things. Artists and arts organizations talk about how they do it.
A.R.T.’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ is a swashbuckling good time
The American Repertory Theater transforms into a riotous indoor beach party for The Hipocrites’ outrageously enjoyable interpretation of “The Pirates of Penzance.”
Legislators join LGBT homeless youth in theater performance
City and state legislators will take to the stage with LGBTQ homeless youth to work out policy through interactive theater.
The results for the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards are in!
The Boston Theater Critics Association celebrated excellence in theater at the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards Monday night at the Paramount Theater. Named for eminent theater critic Elliot Norton, the “Norties” honor actors, directors, producers and designers for outstanding work throughout the 2012-13 season.
PHOTOS: Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’
Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch will star as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie.’
‘From Denmark With Love’ is Shakespeare: shaken, not stirred
Spies, suspense, corrupt evildoers and a cunning leading man converge in a new play. But is the leading fellow a dashing secret agent or a Shakespearian prince? Actually, in Vaquero Playground’s play “From Denmark With Love” he’s both.
High School Hell: Zeitgeist Stage’s ‘Punk Rock’ has nothing to do with music
Simon Stephens’ tale of teen angst glosses over the expected topics that challeneg 17-year-olds — sex, drugs and coming of age challenges — instead delving headfirst into a seething cauldron of adolescent rage that, sadly, begets violence. We’ve seen these characters before. Think “The Breakfast Club,” but replace Molly Ringwald and company with a group of affluent British teens grappling with issues that run the gamut from bullying, humiliation, and burning to getting into Oxford. Then you’ll have Zeitgeist Stage’s “Punk Rock.”
Theater: Making ‘Scrambled Eggs’
Metro interviews Robin Amos Kahn, one half of the writing team behind the new off-Broadway play, “Scrambled Eggs.” It’s running through May 11 at Theater Row’s Beckett Theatre (www.scrambledeggstheplay.com).
Got wood? Gold Dust Orphans’ ‘Pornocchio’ is the classic fairy tale for adults
In Pornocchio, Ryan Landry’s musical adaptation of Pinocchio, it’s not the little wooden boy’s nose that grows when he lies. Aside from that transgression, this adults-only laugh riot remains fairly true to its inspiration.
Team Sunshine makes comedy from tragedy
Team Sunshine’s new show explores our ability to watch the world’s calamities unfold on TV.