November 7, 2018 | Theatre,
WET’s Alex Alpharaoh on WGBH’s Greater Boston
“How do you deal with that constant fear?” – Jim Braude “Turn it into art!” – Alex Alpharaoh Hit play on this must-see interview that aired last night on WGBH....
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November 6, 2018 | Race and Equity, News, Theatre,
Immigration Reform and the 2018 Midterms
We’ve all experienced it for months at this point; the current election cycle is a ceaseless storm of sound bites and inconsistent information. Like a radio scanner bouncing between channels,...
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November 1, 2018 | General, News, Theatre,
At ArtsEmerson, A Stage With 11 Empty Chairs To Remember Victims Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
“This is something we do all too regularly,” ArtsEmerson Artistic Director David Dower writes me. “It started the morning after the Charleston shooting” in which eight people were...
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October 31, 2018 | News, Theatre, Race and Equity,
The Narrow Path to U.S. Citizenship
Becoming a United States citizen is a process laden with bureaucratic loopholes, stifling processes, and nearly aspect is requires a innate knowledge of the immigration system. With President Trump’s...
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October 30, 2018 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Paging George Orwell by Artistic Director David Dower
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my...
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October 25, 2018 | News, Theatre,
Boston Critics and Audiences Love MEASURE FOR MEASURE!
Cheek by Jowl and Pushkin Theatre’s Measure for Measure is here for one week only, departing the ArtsEmerson stage on Sunday, OCT 28 and local critics and audiences are urging Boston...
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October 23, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,
Quilting The Narrative
Throughout the performance of The Peculiar Patriot, Liza Jessie Peterson, as Betsy LaQuanda Ross, constructs a quilt, carefully sewing together the narrative of her incarcerated friends and family, each square of...
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October 19, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,
What do private colleges have to do with prisons?
The Peculiar Patriot (OCT 17-28) is amazing audiences throughout its Boston debut. Liza Jessie Peterson’s poetry and command of the stage communicate a story beyond the walls of any theatre and...
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