February 19, 2020 | Theatre,
The Fire This Time
In his poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes posed the famous question “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?… Or does it explode? ...
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February 19, 2020 | Theatre,
The Real Life Origins of Plata Quemada
Plata Quemada is an eye-popping live-graphic-novel depicting Argentina’s most daring bank heist.
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February 13, 2020 | Theatre,
Crime, Redemption, and the Search for the Truth: Films that Remind us of Plata Quemada
Chilean theatre makers TEATROCINEMA arrive in Boston on March 11th, delivering the heart-pulsing noir tale of Argentina’s most notorious heist, Plata Quemada (MAR 11-15). Ahead of its much anticipated arrival...
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February 4, 2020 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
WHAT WAS HE THINKING? by David Dower
There was a moment, in the first week of my junior year of high school, that is the origin story for my life in theatre. It was a small moment,...
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February 1, 2020 | What Did You Think?,
Let’s Talk About Detroit Red!
Performances for Detroit Red have finally begun and we could not be more excited to bring this world premiere to Boston. It is truly a moment to celebrate, to tell...
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January 29, 2020 | General,
Meet the Cast of Detroit Red
Opening next week, Detroit Red (FEB 01-16) features a stellar cast that have delved into the work with care and passion. This story of Malcolm X’s life has often gone...
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January 27, 2020 | General,
A Note from Detroit Red Playwright, Will Power
“Malcolm was our manhood,” actor Ossie Davis said in Malcolm X’s eulogy, “and, in honoring him, we honor the best in ourselves.” When I was growing up in the Fillmore,...
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January 23, 2020 | What Did You Think?,
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SHADOW WHOSE PREY THE HUNTER BECOMES!
We’re thrilled to welcome Back to Back Theatre to ArtsEmerson for the first time with The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes (JAN 23-26) and thoroughly honored to share our...
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