Harvard Hasty Pudding show ‘Heist, Heist, Baby!’ is satirical, funny and an all-around good time
No Harvard affiliation needed: The student-written play, an annual tradition, holds its own against professional productions in Somerville and Cambridge.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from maple syrup and rap to academic surrender
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Domo Genesis and Sofiane Pamart perform, we boil down maple sap, juggle, sing opera about influencers, talk the “American Prometheus” and AI invades and Harvard explores “Institutional Neutrality in a Polarized World.”
‘My Mother Had Two Faces’ solo performance looks behind a generational mask of perfection
Easy for anyone struggling with a conflicted parental relationship to appreciate, “My Mother Had Two Faces” asks what the mirror uncovers when the makeup is stripped away.
‘Becoming a Man’ review: A moving, inspiring trans narrative that hears the audience in Act II
Moments of humor and joy leaven the drama of P. Carl transitioning at the age of 50 and being forced to question the strength of his relationships.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from games and Glow Show to puns and poetry
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, learn how to make sound effects, see a Glow Show with the MIT Spinning Arts Club, play a board game about Puerto Rico. take part in a pun competition and enjoy music, dance, storytelling and poetry.
‘The Manic Monologues’: Leave feeling better from intense, optimistic show on mental health
The play explores what it means to live with conditions such as depression and OCD, and to be close to someone who does. You may leave feeling encouraged and inspired.
Arrow Street Arts community launch festival delayed to fall, but shows are set through July
Arrow Street Arts opens its Black Box Theater – once the American Repertory Theater’s Oberon – with a Boston Opera Collaborative production of “Carmen.” After that, several groups move in for performances throughout the spring and summer.
‘Becoming a Man,’ a drama on transitioning, comes to Loeb Drama Center with Q&As after
A stage adaptation of a memoir by P. Carl asks if the people we love can come with us when we change – and every performance has a 20-minute “Act II” of audience Q&A to discuss that question explicitly.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from the Foundry Festival to asking about AI
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a weeklong Foundry Festival with a variety of things to do, astounding art, ice skating, a Ladysmith Black Mambazo performance and a dramatic session exploring “What if AI use goes too far?”
Mental health play ‘The Manic Monologues’ comes to studio space at new Arrow Street Arts
“Manic Monologues” brings to life true stories that challenge what it means to be touched by a mental health condition – a structure and mission that will seem familiar from the taboo-breaking ”Vagina Monologues.”
