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  • The Things We’ll Always Carry: We Had A Home at The Huntington

    The Things We’ll Always Carry: We Had A Home at The Huntington

    We Had a World by Joshua Harmon, directed by Keira Fromm at The Huntington, is a funny, biting, and deeply personal memory play that follows Joshua as he pieces together the complicated legacy of his mother and grandmother. Told through shifting timelines and direct commentary with the audience, the play lives in that blurry space…

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  • Almost Revolutionary: Little Women at Actors’ Shakespeare Project

    Almost Revolutionary: Little Women at Actors’ Shakespeare Project

    Kate Hamill’s Little Women, now onstage at Actors’ Shakespeare Project under the direction of Shana Gozansky, keeps the bones of Alcott’s story: four sisters growing up during the Civil War while their father is away, figuring out love, ambition, illness, money, and what kind of women they want to be. This version places Jo at…

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  • The Waiting is the Hardest Part: Penelope at Lyric Stage

    The Waiting is the Hardest Part: Penelope at Lyric Stage

    Penelope at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston directed by Courtney O’Connor with music direction by Dan Rodriguez, turns its gaze away from the hero’s journey and toward the woman who stays behind. With music, lyrics, and arrangements by Alex Bechtel and a book by Bechtel, Grace McLean, and Eva Steinmetz, this one-person musical drops…

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