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For Gold Dust Orphans, a journey to outer space — and a new home

In "Christmas on Uranus,'' Ryan Landry's latest holiday sendup, rescuers traverse the galaxy to rescue a kidnapped Santa Claus.

More valleys than peaks in ‘Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol’

Musical adaptation of Dickens’s tale stumbles in transit to 1930s Tennessee

A spirited ‘Oliver!’ at New Rep

Michael J. Bobbitt, making his directorial and choreographic debut at the theater he now leads, infuses “Oliver!’’ with enough brio to almost justify that exclamation point in the title.

Boston Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ keeps the faith

This year’s 41 performances afford corps members a chance to shine and to audition for roles down the line; the production gives Boston Ballet School students a chance to perform on stage; and as opening night reminded us, it’s a really good ballet.

The musical that could capture ‘Moby-Dick’
As with his "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," Dave Malloy is having a lot of fun interpreting another classic work at the ART.

Broadway star Lillias White kicks off a new Thanksgiving tradition in Quincy
She will appear in an evening concert with commentator-accompanist Seth Rudetsky, host of Sirius Radio’s “Seth Speaks.”

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THEATER

Danger for Will Robinson, good times for everyone else in ‘Christmas on Uranus’

The Gold Dust Orphans' holiday spoof, inspired by the "Lost In Space" family, mashes up every outer space trope.

STAGE REVIEW

Uncertain tone derails Lyric Stage’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

The Lyric production stars the inimitable Remo Airaldi as Hercule Poirot, but even that bit of dream casting is not enough to rescue Ken Ludwig’s limp stage adaptation.

THEATER

A theater troupe’s eye-opening journey from Emerson to Edinburgh

Getting a showcase at the biggest arts festival in the world wasn't the experience the creators of "Moon Walk" had imagined.

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Quixote Nuevo,’ heart, humor, and a quest for second chances

Playwright Octavio Solis packs a lot into his meditation on old age, which gets a top-notch production at the Huntington.

THEATER/DANCE

A stylized ‘Seagull’ goes astray at Arlekin Players Theatre

The Needham-based troupe delivers a creative but overly gimmicky adaptation of Chekhov's classic.

With ‘Boss, Whom Is Girl,’ Jamie Loftus leans in to her skewed brand of comedy

Her show itself resists easy definition: It’s somewhere between a stand-up comedy set, a theatrical production, and a deeply unhinged TED Talk.

An elegy for black lives lost — and a call to action

The Movement Theatre’s Company’s powerful "What to Send Up When It Goes Down" honors victims of racialized violence.

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We need a ritual to remember black lives like DJ Henry’s. This play gives us one

Aleshea Harris’s “What to Send Up When It Goes Down,” presented by American Repertory Theater and Hibernian Hall, is a ritual to help us reckon with racism and healing in a world that’s hard to breathe in.