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This year, audiences will get to see a contemporary interpretation of “Macbeth” that begins performances July 19. What they won’t see is the year of planning that preceded it.
A Will and a way: Free Shakespeare is returning to the Common Canceled last year, âThe Tempestâ will go forward this summer with attention to audience safety. By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 6:00 a.m. Email to a Friend The Bard will be back on Boston Common this summer. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced that an outdoor production of âThe Tempest,â canceled last summer due to the pandemic, will be presented this summer as part of the Free Shakespeare on the Common series. It will be a streamlined, intermission-less version ...
HomeFront: All hail Dionne Warwick, Shakespeare on the Common returns, dysfunctional TV families By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated May 7, 2021, 8:55 a.m. Email to a Friend Dionne Warwick is planning two Mother's Day concerts online. Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre slowly shaking off a year-plus of âGroundhog Dayâ-style sameness and reacquainting ourselves with the concept that big news can be good. Vaccination numbers climbing, Free Shakespeare on the Common back on the calendar, and especially the return of Broadway â all big, all good! For the scoop on a...
Theater leaders lean into 2021 with plenty of programming and a measure of optimism By Terry Byrne Globe correspondent,Updated January 14, 2021, 3:21 p.m. Email to a Friend Ruibo Qian and Jon Norman Schneider, shown in a 2016 Huntington Theatre production of "Tiger Style!," will reprise their roles for an audio production of the show to be broadcast on GBH and then made available in a podcast.T. Charles Erickson Despite a year of COVID cancellations and programming pivots, leaders among Bostonâs theater community remain optimistic, if pragmatic, about what theater lovers can look forward...