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Rubberband gets sociopolitical in ‘Ever So Slightly’

There was no discernible arc to the score or to the drama performed Saturday by the Montreal-based dance company.

In ‘Shadow’ at ArtsEmerson, revelations from a struggle to be understood

Four intellectually disabled actors from Australia deliver performances of steadily accumulating power.

Boston stand-up Don Gavin is ready for the secret to get out

The "Godfather of Boston Comedy," whose "lost" album has just been re-released, is getting national exposure on some prominent podcasts.

In Huntington’s ‘We All Fall Down,’ a portrait of a family in flux

The world premiere by Lila Rose Kaplan grapples with questions of tradition and Jewish identity.

DANCE
Future-pop band Arc Iris debuts sci-fi ballet ‘iTMRW’
Collaborating with HDC Dance Ensemble, Jocie Adams's band performs its multimedia show at Oberon in Cambridge this weekend.

How Tina Fey turned ‘Mean Girls’ into a pop culture phenomenon
Why are her movie and musical such hits? Fey says it's because "Mean Girls" doesn't talk down to teens.

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STAGES

Wheelock’s ‘Little Women’ celebrates sisterhood in song

Leigh Barrett stars as Marmee in "Little Women, The Musical," one of the many adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the March sisters.

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

In the ART’s ‘Gloria: A Life,’ Steinem speaks, but she has plenty of company

The documentary play invites other women to tell their own stories, onstage and off.

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

10 dance shows to see this season

From emerging choreographers to Balanchine, exciting performances are on tap on New England stages.

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

Three companies present Boston premieres at Global Arts Live’s new Winter Dance Fest

Rubberband, Philadanco, and Parsons Dance perform on consecutive weekends at the Cutler Majestic

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

10 theater picks for winter, on stages big and small

Globe theater critic Don Aucoin’s guide to winter productions, including "Sweat," "Hir," "The Band’s Visit," and "Plaza Suite."

DON AUCOIN | STAGE REVIEW

Trapped in cycles of history and racism in SpeakEasy’s ‘Pass Over’

Antoinette Nwandu’s intense and engrossing mashup of "Waiting for Godot'' and the Exodus story stars Kadahj Bennett, Hubens "Bobby’' Cius, and Lewis D. Wheeler.

COMEDY

Gary Gulman has nothing to hide, and it feels great

Since disclosing his struggle with mental illness in ‘The Great Depresh,’ the comic has been making new connections with fans.

STAGE REVIEW

Humor and humanity are the icing on ‘The Cake’

In Lyric Stage’s production of Bekah Brunstetter’s play, a same-sex wedding presents a dilemma to a fundamentalist baker played by Karen MacDonald.