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Through Saturday, December 13: The Seafarer

by Liza Weisstuch | November 14, 2008
The ragtag bunch of guys that gathers in a dingy Dublin home in Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer is there to celebrate Christmas Eve just like everyone else celebrates it: drinking. And that’s about as traditional as this crew gets. As the evening wears on and the scruffy lads sink deeper into a whisky-soaked haze, a poker game of epic proportions take place and one among the group reveals what we’ll call an otherworldly identity. The stakes go through the roof. With McPherson’s penchant for incisive language and psychological evisceration, this dark holiday from hell sparkles like tinsel. The Speakeasy Stage Company is presenting the Boston premiere at the Calderwood Pavilion (Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, 617.933.8600.) For tickets ($14 to $50), call 617.933.8600 or visit www.speakeasystage.com....

Through Saturday, June 14: The History Boys

by Liza Weisstuch | May 29, 2008
To be or not to be is not the question in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys , which racked up shelves of awards during its runs in London and on Broadway. The question is how to teach. Set in an all-boys British school, the play is about young blokes being...