“Slaves have options. Cowards ain’t got shit,” states the main character of New Repertory Theatre’s Passing Strange. Youth – as he is referred to in the playbook, and who remains nameless throughout this production – spends a great deal of the show making comparisons between his middle-class California life in the 1960’s to that of [...]

“The Last Five Years” (and Timeless Thoughts on Art and Love) As a fellow theatre artist, it is rare to experience a play that explores the intoxicating sadness of two artists falling in and out of love – or is it? Whether in New Repertory Theatre’s production of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, [...]

The sound of crashing waves surrounded me as I walked into the New Repertory Theatre in Watertown to take my seat for aferlife: a ghost story. Cristina Todesco’s set immediately caught my eye, as its realistic depiction of a beach was impeccable and I started to feel comforted by the crash of the waves and [...]

Oh boy I do love Christmas- and even if I didn’t, I sure would have to pretend I did, with the holiday mere days away!   There are so many reasons to be merry, and so many joyful events to be a part of.  With a holiday party around every corner, a holiday show in every [...]

Reminiscence and nostalgia are the catch phrases of Watertown Children’s Theatre,  New Repertory Theatre, and arsenalArts production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.  Set in the eves of an attic with miscellaneous artifacts affixed to the wall, the snow-drifted stage gives the cozy but cold air of Charles Dickens’ mystical tale.  The set suggests memory and the [...]