A Dance of Tragedy

A Dance of Tragedy

When the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia in the '70s, artists became targets. Many perished or fled the country in fear. Among those who fled were the creators of the Angkor Dance Troupe. In 1986, two dance teachers and a handful of dancers (who learned the...
StageStruck: Fringe of the Hub

StageStruck: Fringe of the Hub

When we think of Boston theater, we're likely to think first of the downtown touring houses—the Wilbur, the Colonial, the Schubert—and the university-connected institutions, the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard and the Huntington at B.U....
StageStruck: August in November

StageStruck: August in November

Hartford has seen more than its fair share of sprawling generational dramas this year. We've just had Horton Foote's three-part, nine-hour Orphans' Home Cycle at Hartford Stage, which earlier in the year also produced Foote's Dividing the Estate, a...
A Quest

A Quest

As part of the Arts at AIC series, the Garret Players perform the multi-faceted play East of the Sun and West of the Moon. This enchanting adaptation of a Norwegian folk tale details the travels of teenage girl, Tove, who meets a mystical bear that leads her away on a...
Stage Struck: Love's Labors

Stage Struck: Love's Labors

“We’re trying to recreate some of the excitement, some of the fun, some of the anarchy and sensuality that we have at the Globe.” That’s Dominic Dromgoole, director of Shakespeare’s Love Labour’s Lost, which played in London’s...