When a girls soccer team takes to the stage in the Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production of ‘The Wolves,’ their adolescence becomes human.
Arts, Metro
‘A Story Beyond’ Tells a Tale of Trial and Redemption
LAB’s latest creation, A Story Beyond, borrows from folklore around the world to spin a tale of trial and redemption. The story begins with its young heroine, Maya, in an enchanted village with the tradition of storytelling woven deep into its roots.
Arts, Metro
‘Wet: A DACAmented Journey’ Offers Perspective on Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
Alpharaoh uses nothing but a few stools, a hat, and a jacket as props as he leads the audience through his life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. As an adult, Alpharaoh hears about a new program started by the Obama administration: DACA.
Arts, Metro
‘Fun Home’ Takes a Retrospective Look at Childhood
The musical ‘Fun Home,’ based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling memoir by the same name, layers moments of consequence with lighter flashbacks to the main character Alison’s childhood.
Arts, Metro
‘We Will Not Be Silent’ Explores Complexities of War
The play depicts the interrogation of Sophie Scholl, a German student arrested for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets produced by the White Rose. The narrative strives to explore the difficulties that arise during wartime, but ultimately comes too close to humanizing the Nazi over the revolutionary.
Metro, Arts
At ISG Museum, ‘Common Threads’ Weaves Past and Present
‘True pearl: an opera in five tapestries’ was inspired by and written about the five 16th-century Flemish tapestries from the workshop of Jan Moy that have been on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum since 1914. The opera is a key component of the museum’s latest exhibit, ‘Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time.’
Metro, Arts
Portraits of Holocaust Survivors Force Viewers to Confront the Past
The international exhibit “Lest We Forget,” came to Boston on Tuesday, placing 60 portraits of Holocaust survivors along the sidewalks of the Common.
Metro, Arts
Canstruction Boston Art Pop-Up Raises Awareness Around Food Insecurity
In its 23rd year, Canstruction Boston not only celebrates artistic ingenuity and creation but also uses that artistic expression to raise awareness around the troubling issue of food insecurity. 21 teams contributed their work to the installation at the BSA Space and Atlantic Wharf.
Metro, Arts, Theatre
‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ Examines Complexity of Humanity
Stephen Adly Guirgis, the playwright of ‘Between Riverside and Crazy,’ found inspiration for the show from his own home on Riverside Drive, where he was threatened with eviction after his father died.
Metro, Arts
‘Winnie-the-Pooh,’ Exhibit Brings the Imaginary World to Life
“Normally a museum tells you what you can’t do, but today I am going to tell you what you can do,” said curator Meghan Melvin.
