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In ‘Rooted,’ a cult insists she’s their leader, but the poor woman just wants to study her plants

In Deborah Zoe Laufer's play at Lyric Stage Company, environmental activists embrace a treehouse-inhabiting recluse as a kind of eco-messiah, one who can heal a wounded planet — and perhaps heal their own wounded souls.

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

Sasha Denisova fled Moscow when Russia's war against her country began. Now she is in Cambridge preparing for the US premiere of her play.

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

The changes at the top portend greater diversity, onstage and off.

In Lyric Stage’s ‘Rooted,’ a tree grows on Clarendon Street

Deborah Zoe Laufer's play centers on a recluse who lives inside a treehouse where she studies plants, the waitress sister who supports her, and an intrusion from the outside world that upends their lives.

‘Little Amal’ leads the way to ArtsEmerson’s 2023-24 season
The arts presenting organization will bring the well-traveled, 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee child to Boston for an "Event of Welcome" in September, before launching on the seven productions planned for its upcoming season.

The heavy-metal mysticism of poet Janaka Stucky
Stucky will perform poems from his most recent work, "Ascend Ascend," Thursday at Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill.

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SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW

10 standout shows for theatergoers this summer

Globe theater critic Don Aucoin's picks for the most promising shows on summer stages.

SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW

With her hot dog chronicle, Jamie Loftus is on a roll

The comedian, podcaster, and writer returns to Massachusetts to peel back the casing on her latest project, "Raw Dog."

SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW

In ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ a story about a family business is a story about America

At the Huntington, the play spans 163 years, charting the transformation of an immigrant-run dry-goods shop into a Wall Street colossus, until its epic collapse.

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Nehanda’ at ArtsEmerson, the spirit of resistance

Experienced as discrete, individual sequences, there’s a beauty and power to the sounds and movements of “Nehanda” that is captivating. But that spell is too often dissipated by the sheer repetition and protracted length of this ambitious work.

In the revival of ‘Evita’ at the ART, a tango between the two sides of Eva Perón

Director Sammi Cannold has a long association with the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical — she calls it an obsession. But it's led her to look more deeply into the life of the legend its portrays.

STAGE REVIEW

You’ll want to accept this invitation to ‘The Prom’

SpeakEasy’s production, helmed by producing artistic director Paul Daigneault and choreographed within an inch of its life by Taavon Gamble, is yet another demonstration that when it comes to musicals, you can’t beat live performance, risks and all.

Five standout shows at the Boston Comedy Festival

Though the backbone of the Boston Comedy Festival is its stand-up competition, it also features an array of shows. Here are five of our picks, including Emo Philips and a special Boston-centric "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."

A Boston Comedy Festival with an accent on ‘Boston’

The festival, which runs May 16-20, features a lot of familiar faces this year. Headliners Jackie Flynn, Zach Sherwin, and Robert Kelly all spent their formative years in the local scene, and the festival's two honorees, Joe List and Brian Kiley, are Massachusetts natives.