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YDE (left) and Idina Menzel rehearse a song from "WILD: A Musical Becoming." They play a mother and daughter in the show.

Idina Menzel stars in ‘WILD’ at the ART in Cambridge — a show that imagines the world in better hands

The world premiere musical starring Idina Menzel begins performances Sunday at the Loeb Drama Center. Menzel will star in the show through Dec. 23, with a yet-to-be-named actress taking over for the rest of the run.

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

The theater's latest work blends live performance, film, and technology, but it is based on the real-life accounts of immigrants.

Boston Ballet has returned to the Opera House at last with ‘The Nutcracker’

There are a few pandemic-era changes to Boston Ballet's classic holiday production this year, but the appeal remains.

‘Teenage Dick’ aims to upend clichés about characters with disabilities by sending Richard III to high school

Gregg Mozgala, an actor with cerebral palsy, conceived of the story and plays the title character in the Huntington Theatre Company production that begins performances Dec. 3.

DANCE
Soloist Isaac Akiba has performed 13 different roles in Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker" over 22 years.
He’s performed in ‘The Nutcracker’ for 22 years, and as Boston Ballet returns to the Opera House stage, he’s ready to leap again
After getting injured in 2019, the last time the company performed the holiday classic live, soloist Isaac Akiba is prepared for the thrill of Tchaikovsky.

Club owner Rick Jenkins stands outside the Abbot building in Harvard Square, the former home of the Curious George store, where the Comedy Studio will be relocating to in the fall.
By George, the Comedy Studio is coming back to Harvard Square
A fall opening is planned for the comedy club in the basement of the building that formerly housed the Curious George store.

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Dance
Malpaso Dance will perform at Global Arts Live's Winter Dance Fest in January.

Global Arts Live announces Winter Dance Fest for January at the Cutler Majestic

Global Arts Live will present Malpaso Dance Company, Dorrance Dance, and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE on three consecutive Saturdays.

Raphael Xavier's newest work includes two other dancers and a live jazz quartet.

Breaker Raphael Xavier makes music at the ICA

Raphael Xavier's “The Musician & the Mover” is about more than music and dance.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

How I learned to stop worrying and love the theater (again)

A year ago at this time, I wasn’t certain when, or if, I’d ever feel comfortable sitting in a crowded theater again to watch a live performance. This is a problem when that’s part of your job description.

Vir Das comes to the Wilbur Theatre Saturday for a sold-out show.

If Vir Das has to sell his house to stay funny, so be it

A string of well-received Netflix specials and sold-out shows have convinced the restless comic that he needs to shake things up. And he has, by selling his home and possessions and traveling the world.

DANCE
Longtime breaker Raphael Xavier performs "Xavier's: The Musician and the Mover" in Boston this weekend.

At 50, longtime breaker Raphael Xavier wants to show how the art form can grow

“XAVIER’S: The Musician & The Mover” gets its Boston premiere at the Institute of Contemporary Art this weekend, presented by Global Arts Live.

STAGE REVIEW
Lee Mikeska Gardner (foreground) and Debra Wise in "The Half-Life of Marie Curie" at Central Square Theater.

In ‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie,’ a study of female friendship and solidarity amid personal crisis

In Lauren Gunderson’s play now at Central Square Theater, Nobel Prize winner Curie is engulfed in scandal after her affair with a married man becomes public.

THEATER
Kira Troilo and Jared Troilo in "The Last Five Years" at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.

Scenes from a marriage, forward and backward, in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Last Five Years’

Leigh Barrett directs a stirring production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical about the dissolution of a relationship, starring real-life husband and wife Jared Troilo and Kira Troilo.

From left: Kelsey Fonise, Thomika Marie Bridwell, and Shanelle Chloe Villegas, the three stars of SpeakEasy Stage Company's "BLKS,” shown at the Calderwood Pavilion, where the play is being staged.

‘This is who we are’: A conversation with the three stars of ‘BLKS’

Thomika Marie Bridwell, Kelsey Fonise, and Shanelle Chloe Villegas discuss their roles in Aziza Barnes's play, how they've embraced its authenticity, whether Boston theater is changing fast enough, and their own artistic aspirations. The show runs through Nov. 20 at SpeakEasy Stage Company.