A.R.T.’s ‘Evita’ comes to Cambridge in the spring, while Harvard has filed to move theater to Allston
After the current run of “Life of Pi,” the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square stages a Chaucerian comedy and a new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera “Evita” – announcements made shortly after Harvard’s formal filing of plans to move its theaters to Allston.
Tenant for Oberon space will be named in 2023; Once music club went far in an obscure process
An unnamed but “exciting” tenant has been chosen for 2 Arrow St. for the new year, replacing the venue formerly known as Harvard University’s Oberon theater.
With a month in Scotland and plans for Bogota, Liars & Believers is building itself a bigger stage
With a big-name residency in Scotland behind it, the Cambridge-based theater company Liars & Believers hopes to make arts and culture as synonymous with its home city as universities and biotech.
‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ returns to the stage, reshaped for a new era of explosive racial unrest
The production of “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” slated to open Saturday at the American Repertory Theater is restructured from Anna Deavere Smith’s 1994 solo performances, and reshaped by an ever-evolving backdrop of racial violence.
Upcoming season at the Central Square Theater stages ‘Ada,’ ‘Alma,’ Afong and ‘Angels,’ Part I
The upcoming season at the Central Square Theater has been announced, continuing a focus on themes of science and diversity. The four-play season will be the first without co-founder Debra Wise as artistic director of the Underground Railway theater company, who said diversity was a reason for her departure.
‘Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical’ brings Harlem Renaissance to Central Square
This production gels on all levels, with uniformly talented performers and a band that appears to be having as much fun as the cast. Get tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” before the show sells out.
Shirey wanted songs in A.R.T.’s ‘Ocean Filibuster’ able to speak to the hearts of us apex predators
For the musical theater production “Ocean Filibuster,” composer Sxip Shirey crafts emotional equations that stem from grief over the environment and seek to correct the “total failure of a species.”
‘Wild: A Musical Becoming’ captures a moment with characters and conflict over climate change
Even if you are not an Idina Menzel fan and are oblivious to the climate crisis, run, don’t walk, to your keyboard and order tickets to this musical happening.
Final shows are announced for Oberon theater, including a free ‘House Is Open’ retrospective
The final shows at Oberon have been announced before the “club theater” lets go of its lease at 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, part of Harvard University’s moving of its American Repertory Theater to Allston.
‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie’ lays out its thesis and never challenges the conclusions
The setup of this historically accurate play has great potential for a discussion of what it means to be a woman in (what is largely perceived as) a man’s field and what it means for a woman to step into any number of possible roles in her life. But it doesn’t allow for much of anything approaching subtlety.
