Theater

Theater

Whistler in the Dark on Caryl Churchill

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Whistler in the Dark productions of Caryl Churchill’s challenging plays “Fen” and “A Number” show once again that the Whistlers are the smartest company in Boston.

Theater

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men sent Old Icicle away again: Imaginary Beasts’ Winter Panto

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Imaginary Beasts celebrate the British community theater tradition of winter pantomime with this light and warm original show sourced from Mother Goose.

Theater

The Lyric Stage Serves Up Tracy Letts’ “Superior Donuts”

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A sugary glaze coats this play about a Chicago donut shop, race relations, and surrogate family.

Music

Three Pianos and a Little Schubert at the A.R.T.

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The A.R.T. throws a killer Schubertiade.

Theater

Bipolar Hypersexuality: The Psych Drama Company’s “Hamlet”

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A new fringe company takes on Hamlet with sex and psychology.

Theater

Shakespeare Interrupted: Whistler in the Dark’s Stoppard Double Feature

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Whistler gives us accessible and intellectual theater with a hilarious “Dogg’s Hamlet” and a spooky and riveting “Cahoot’s Macbeth.”

Theater

A Cambridge Story: The Huntington’s “Before I Leave You”

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A study of aging and adultery in our own backyard.