Goodbye To Bread And Puppet's Remi Paillard
Goodbye to our friend Remi Paillard, a part of the Bread and Puppet Theater for decades. He died Monday. Here are photos I took of him over a number of…Continue Reading →
Donate To Puppet Showplace To Help Them Weather Alleged Embezzlement
Looking to help Puppet Showplace Theater after alleged embezzlement reported last month left their bank account “fully depleted”? The Board of Trustees of the 46-year-old Brookline cultural institution is directing folks who…Continue Reading →
Puppet Showplace’s Bank Account ‘Fully Depleted’ After Alleged Embezzlement
Puppet Showplace Theater announced yesterday that their “bank account had been fully depleted” after an alleged embezzlement from the 46-year-old Brookline cultural institution. “The treasurer noticed some suspicious transactions after…Continue Reading →
Rally Tuesday: ‘Live Events Economy Is In Shambles And There’s No End In Sight’
“Since the pandemic started in early to mid-March, we’ve been the first people that have been cancelled and had to refund tickets, people who lost their jobs first,” says Mark…Continue Reading →
Harvard Study: Ways Theaters Can Adapt To Reduce Spread Of Coronavirus
How can theaters adapt to reduce the spread of coronavirus? That’s the daunting question that the “first edition” of the “Roadmap for Recovery and Resilience for Theater” from Harvard’s American…Continue Reading →
Barrington Stage Plans Live 'Socially Distanced' Theater For August
Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield announced yesterday that it will postpone its planned summer season to summer of 2021 due to coronavirus concerns, but beginning in August will present a…Continue Reading →
How To Present Theater After Coronavirus? A.R.T. Partners With Harvard Science Study
How can theater return as long as coronavirus threatens group gatherings? Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater and the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health have announced…Continue Reading →
'Detroit Red': Malcolm X Comes Of Age In Boston
For DigBoston, I recently previewed “Detroit Red,” a “theatrical exploration of the life of Malcolm X as he dwelled and came of age in the Roxbury section of Boston,” which…Continue Reading →
From The Co-Founder Of Wee The People, A Puppet Show For Kids About Standing Up To Strongmen
“Kids don’t get enough credit that they can understand what’s going on. Racism isn’t going to end until people start noticing it,” says Tanya Nixon-Silberg, co-founder of Wee the People,…Continue Reading →
An Evening Of Crankies—‘The Original Moving Pictures’—With Katherine Fahey And Friends
“They were like the original moving pictures,” says Katherine Fahey of “An Evening of Crankies,” which she performs at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline on Monday, Dec. 9, at 7:30…Continue Reading →