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Connection and disconnection in SpeakEasy’s ‘Wild Goose Dreams’

Hansol Jung's play gives vivid life to the question of what is real in a technology-saturated world where the boundary between a personal life and a virtual one is so porous.

Gibney Company’s engaging Boston debut explores what separates us, what brings us together

The company is in the midst of its first national tour, and Global Arts Live brought it to the Institute of Contemporary Art this weekend for three intriguing Boston premieres.

Boston Ballet presents its best ‘Don Quixote’ yet

For the first time in more than 10 years, Boston Ballet performs the ballet that put the company on the world map decades ago.

In ‘K-I-S-S-I-N-G,’ a teen absorbed in a world of possibilities

Lenelle Moïse’s play, directed by Dawn M. Simmons, emerges as a highlight of the theater season.

When ‘Into the Woods’ was revived, the scary stuff was happening offstage
For the recent remounting of the Sondheim musical — whose direct-from-New York tour lands at the Emerson Colonial Theatre for two weeks — the idea for reviving the show was a response to the pandemic.

Rebecca Bradshaw named artistic director at Gloucester Stage
Bradshaw takes over from actress-director Paula Plum, who has been serving as interim artistic director at Gloucester Stage since Robert Walsh stepped down two years ago.

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Dance Review

Bill T. Jones’s ‘Curriculum II’ puts us to the test

Political and cultural theory drive the idea-filled piece, with dance as just one of its many components.

For comedian Fortune Feimster, ‘live, laugh, love’ is a way of life

Her stand-up act — she'll be playing four shows locally March 16-18 — is always upbeat. “I think by nature, I’m a fairly positive person," she says.

Comedian Sam Morril on elevating his game and teaming up with Julian Edelman

Morril, who raised his profile by performing sets on New York City rooftops during the pandemic and now cohosts a podcast with the ex-Pats receiver, comes to the Wilbur for five shows this weekend.

STAGE REVIEW

A free spirit soars beyond convention in ART’s ‘The Wife of Willesden’

Novelist Zadie Smith sets a story from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” in the present-day.

Theater

Broadway In Boston announces 2023-24 season

The lineup includes “Frozen”; “Girl from the North Country,” with songs by Bob Dylan; and a play based on a popular board game.

STAGE REVIEW

Hoops and history converge in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Great Leap’

In Lauren Yee’s play, Tyler Simahk scores as a driven, Chinese-American teen intent on joining a team of college players heading to China for a "friendship" game against Beijing University players.

Fran Lebowitz’s withering view of humankind is kvetched in stone

The humorist and hardcore New Yorker has a few complaints. OK, more than a few. She'll be sharing some of those from the stage at Emerson Colonial Theatre.

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In playwright Lenelle Moïse’s ‘K-I-S-S-I-N-G,’ a portrait of the artist as a young woman

The play, which is getting its world premiere at the Calderwood, follows a Boston teen over the months when she explores romantic possibilities, as well as the moment when she gives herself permission to become an artist.