{"id":4934,"date":"2018-01-04T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T13:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2018-01-10T05:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:57:09","slug":"winter-theater-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/01\/04\/winter-theater-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater To See This Winter: Sondheim, Shadow Puppets, Arab Spring, Mass Shooting, Art Forgery, \u2018Shakespeare In Love\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WONDERLAND\u2019s guide to theater and performance art to check out from January to March\u2014including Sondheim, shadow puppets, and shows about the Arab Spring, a mass shooting, art forgery, police violence, confronting everyday racism, the Great Recession and \u2018Shakespeare In Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FC0i7o-giH0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/artsemerson.org\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=Ada_Ava&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAda\/Ava\u201d<\/a> by Manual Cinema, at ArtsEmerson\u2019s Emerson Paramount Center<br \/>\nRobert J. Orchard Stage, Boston, Jan. 10 to 14.<\/h4>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s Manual Cinema use magical shadow puppetry, live-action silhouettes, overhead projection and live music to tell a story of twin sisters tending a New England lighthouse until one dies. Then the surviving sister \u201cembarks on a journey to move beyond her grief and discover herself with the arrival of a traveling carnival.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4959\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4959\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cShakespeare In Love\u201d by SpeakEasy Stage Company. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW-370x261.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picShakes_in_loveW.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cShakespeare In Love\u201d by SpeakEasy Stage Company. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakeasystage.com\/shakespeare-in-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cShakespeare In Love\u201d<\/a> by SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Boston Center for the Arts Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, Jan. 12 to Feb. 10.<\/h4>\n<p>The New England premiere of the stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning 1998 film. This \u201cromantic comedy of errors\u201d draws on mistaken identities and other Shakespearean tropes to invent a tale of a young Will Shakespeare\u2019s overcoming writer\u2019s block by falling in love with a noblewoman who has disguised herself as a boy to appear in one of his shows.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ek4aFD_LHSY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyricstage.com\/productions\/production.cfm?ID=126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRoad Show\u201d<\/a> by Lyric Stage Company, Boston, Jan. 12 to Feb. 11.<\/h4>\n<p>Stephen Sondheim was inspired by a New Yorker article to draft this musical about the boom-and-bust adventures of real-life brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner, from the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the 1930s<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4956\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4956\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\u201c20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\u201d by Imaginary Beasts. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w-370x188.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picImaginaryBeastsLeaguesUnderSea1w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201c20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\u201d by Imaginary Beasts. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarybeasts.org\/imaginary_beasts\/Now_Playing%21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201c20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\u201d <\/a>by Imaginary Beasts at the Charlestown Working Theater, Charlestown, Jan. 13 to Feb. 4.<\/h4>\n<p>A \u201ctongue-in-cheek,\u201d \u201ccross-eyed, unsteady\u201d steampunk sendup of Jules Verne\u2019s submarine science fiction classic \u201c20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4957\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4957\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cPlayback Theater for People of Color\u201d by True Story Theater. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW-1024x859.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW-370x310.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPlaybackTheaterW.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPlayback Theater for People of Color\u201d by True Story Theater. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/boston.shambhala.org\/program-details\/?id=336902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPlayback Theater for People of Color\u201d<\/a> by True Story Theater at Shambhala Meditation Center, Brookline, Jan. 13<\/h4>\n<p>Artlington\u2019s True Story Theater promotes \u201csocial healing through theater\u201d by inviting audience members to talk about their lives. Actors then \u201cportray the heart of what they heard using music, movement, and dialogue. From this simple interaction, people laugh, cry, share fresh insights, and bond.\u201d Note: This performance is for those who personally identify as a person of color, with a troupe also composed of people of color. A similar event for those who identify as white will be held on Jan. 20 and another for everyone, regardless or race, on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcaonline.org\/calendar\/calendar-of-events\/details\/963-run-of-the-mills--rainbow-collapse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRainbow Collapse\u201d<\/a> Anya Smolnikova and Jared Williams at Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, Jan. 19.<\/h4>\n<p>Anya Smolnikova and Jared Williams\u2019s durational performance art involves a pyramid of television sets and a birch forest that immerse you in the aftermath of \u201ca complete societal and environmental collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/du1hRJ4HzTc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/artsemerson.org\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=D58585B5-9E49-4AB8-B325-24EDB7ADF6D2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cIn the Eruptive Mode\u201d<\/a> by Kuwait\u2019s Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre at ArtsEmerson\u2019s Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage, Boston, Jan. 24 to 28.<\/h4>\n<p>Six poetic, satirical monologues by Anglo- Kuwaiti writer and director Sulayman Al-Bassam bring to life women caught in the turmoil of the 2011 Arab Spring.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dtAQXcKtS84\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/companyone.org\/production\/hype-man-break-beat-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHype Man: A Break Beat Play\u201d<\/a> by Company One at Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, Boston, Jan. 26 to Feb. 24.<\/h4>\n<p>In Idris Goodwin\u2019s play, a hip-hop trio is on the verge of making it big, when a police shooting of an unarmed black teen \u201cforces them to navigate issues of friendship, race, and privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4955\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4955\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cHear Word! Naija Woman Talk True\u201d at American Repertory Theater. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw-370x242.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picHearWordARTw.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHear Word! Naija Woman Talk True\u201d at American Repertory Theater. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/americanrepertorytheater.org\/events\/show\/hear-word-naija-woman-talk-true-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHear Word! Naija Woman Talk True\u201d<\/a> at American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Jan. 26 to Feb. 11.<\/h4>\n<p>A cast of leading Nigerian actresses relate multi-generational stories among Nigerian women of inequality and transformation, of \u201cthe factors that limit their potential for independence, leadership, and meaningful contribution in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4942\" style=\"width: 1004px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4942\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden.png\" alt=\"\u201cDeath and the Maiden\u201d by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. (Courtesy)\" width=\"1004\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden.png 1004w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picDeathAndMaiden-370x195.png 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cDeath and the Maiden\u201d by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/commshakes.org\/production\/death-and-the-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDeath and the Maiden\u201d<\/a> by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company at Babson College, Wellesley, Jan. 30 to Feb. 11.<\/h4>\n<p>In Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman\u2019s 1990 psychological thriller, after a totalitarian dictatorship crumbles, a former political prisoner crosses paths with a man she thinks may be the man who jailed and raped her. The play \u201cexplores the after-effects of repression on hearts and souls.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4961\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4961\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide \/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf\u201d by Praxis Stage. (Courtesy)\" width=\"790\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW-370x479.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picPraxisColoredGirls1wW.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide \/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf\u201d by Praxis Stage. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praxisstage.com\/for-colored-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide \/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf\u201d<\/a> by Praxis Stage at Hibernian Hall, Roxbury, Feb. 15 to 25.<\/h4>\n<p>Nitozake Shnge\u2019s mid-1970s \u201cchoreopoem\u201d is a series of poetic monologues about the struggles and loves of African-American women.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apollinairetheatre.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWinter Solstice\u201d<\/a> by Apollinaire Theatre Company at Chelsea Theatre Works, Chelsea, Feb. 16 to March 10.<\/h4>\n<p>Prolific German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig wrote this prickly postmodern comedy in 2013 and \u201914 to mull the rise of fascism across Europe\u2014symptoms we now see plainly here in the United States as well. The story begins when mom invites a man she met on the train home for a holiday drink. The charming gentleman slowly reveals himself to be a well-mannered neo-Nazi. Is the welcoming liberal family equipped to handle this?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eB736sz2e8A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyricstage.com\/productions\/production.cfm?ID=127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cVirginia Woolf&#8217;s Orlando\u201d<\/a> by Lyric Stage Company, Boston, Feb. 23 to March 25.<\/h4>\n<p>Playwright Sarah Ruhl\u2014author of \u201cStage Kiss\u201d and \u201cDear Elizabeth\u201d\u2014adapts Virginia Woolf\u2019s novel \u201cOrlando\u201d for the stage. \u201cAfter a particularly wild night in 17th-century Constantinople, Orlando the man wakes up to find himself a woman, and abandons herself to five centuries of change with an insatiable appetite to discover what it means to live fully in the present, in her own skin, and in her own time.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4960\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4960\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-1013x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Rankine, author of \u201cThe White Card\u201d by ArtsEmerson and American Repertory Theater. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-370x374.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picWhiteCardClaudiaRankineW.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia Rankine, author of \u201cThe White Card\u201d by ArtsEmerson and American Repertory Theater. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/artsemerson.org\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=white_card&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe White Card\u201d<\/a> an ArtsEmerson presentation of an A.R.T. production at ArtsEmerson\u2019s Emerson Paramount Center\u2019s Robert J. Orchard Stage, Feb. 24 to April 1.<\/h4>\n<p>An up-and-coming black artist hoping to sell her work has dinner with a \u201cpowerful, well-intentioned white couple\u201d and their activist son in this world premiere from writer Claudia Rankine and director Diane Paulus in\u00a0an ArtsEmerson presentation of an A.R.T. production. The play \u201cunpacks the insidious ways in which racism manifests itself in everyday situations, prompting the question, \u2018Can American society progress if whiteness stays invisible?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4944\" style=\"width: 838px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4944\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cRipe Frenzy\u201d by New Repertory Theatre. (Courtesy)\" width=\"838\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy.jpg 838w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picRipeFrenzy-370x180.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cRipe Frenzy\u201d by New Repertory Theatre. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrep.org\/productions\/ripe-frenzy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRipe Frenzy\u201d<\/a> by New Repertory Theatre at Studio One, Boston University, Boston, Feb. 24 to March 11.<\/h4>\n<p>In Jennifer Barclay\u2019s play\u2014winner of the National New Play Network\u2019s 2016 Smith Prize for Political Theatre\u2014a small town deals with a mass shooting at a high school theater production of Thornton Wilder\u2019s \u201cOur Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4941\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4941\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\u201cBrawler\u201d by Boston Playwrights Theatre. (Courtesy)\" width=\"900\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler-370x162.png 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBrawler.png 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cBrawler\u201d by Boston Playwrights Theatre. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBrawler\u201d<\/a> by Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, March 1 to 18.<\/h4>\n<p>This world premiere of Boston-based playwright Walt McGough\u2019s modern-day take on Sophocles\u2019 tragedy \u201cAjax\u201d moves the action to the world of pro hockey and tells of the downfall of a player who had been known as \u201cthe scariest man in the National Hockey League.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huntingtontheatre.org\/season\/2017-2018\/skeleton-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d<\/a> by Huntington Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, March 2 to 31.<\/h4>\n<p>This play from Dominique Morisseau\u2019s \u201cDetroit Project\u201d brings us into the break room of a small auto plant struggling in Great Recession Detroit. \u201cWhen confronted with the possibility of the factory closing, power dynamics shift and each [worker] is pushed to the limits of survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-sDIBflIFI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/artsemerson.org\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=26331C87-A930-4B95-A275-23D0C6A0FC46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHamlet\u201d and \u201cSaint Joan\u201d<\/a> in repertory by Bedlam at ArtsEmerson\u2019s Cutler Majestic Theatre, March 7 to 25.<\/h4>\n<p>The New York troupe\u2014which is performing its version of \u201cSense @ Sensibility\u201d at American Repertory Theater through mid January\u2014stages Shakespeare\u2019s tragedy of the prince of Denmark and George Bernard Shaw\u2019s tragedy about Joan of Arc in repertory. Meaning, \u201c2 Plays, 4 Actors, 49 Characters. \u2026 Iconic figures are brought vividly to life in two riveting, unexpectedly funny, stripped-down stagings.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4946\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4946\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe Snowflake Man\u201d by PuppetKabob. (Courtesy)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picSnowflakeMan-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Snowflake Man\u201d by PuppetKabob. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puppetshowplace.org\/mainstage-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Snowflake Man\u201d<\/a> by PuppetKabob at Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline, March 8 to 11.<\/h4>\n<p>Sarah Frechette\u2019s puppet troupe deploys Czech-style marionettes, miniatures, pop-up paper art, music and live storytelling to recount the life of Wilson &#8221;Snowflake&#8221; Bentley (1865\u20141931), a Vermont farmer and scientist who was one of the first people to photograph individual snow crystals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4940\" style=\"width: 838px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4940\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe Bakelite Masterpiece\u201d by New Repertory Theatre. (Courtesy)\" width=\"838\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece.jpg 838w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/picBakeliteMasterpiece-370x180.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Bakelite Masterpiece\u201d by New Repertory Theatre. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrep.org\/productions\/the-bakelite-masterpiece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Bakelite Masterpiece\u201d<\/a> by New Repertory Theatre at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, March 17 to April 8.<\/h4>\n<p>At the end of World War II, Han van Meegeren sits in a prison cell accused of selling a long-lost Vermeer to the Nazis. His defense? The painting was actually a forgery that he painted and fake aged with a plastic known as Bakelite. To prove it and save his skin, he must paint another forgery.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Help us keep producing our great coverage of local arts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland&#8217;s Launch Fundraiser<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WONDERLAND\u2019s guide to theater and performance art to check out from January to March\u2014including Sondheim, shadow puppets, and shows about the Arab Spring, a mass shooting, art forgery, police violence, confronting everyday racism, the Great Recession and \u2018Shakespeare In Love.\u201d \u201cAda\/Ava\u201d by Manual Cinema, at ArtsEmerson\u2019s Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage, Boston, Jan. 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