Charles Munitz

"We Live in Cairo" @americanrep American Repertory Theater An exuberantly explosive and beautifully rendered staged musical account of the Arab Spring demonstrations in Cairo in 2010-2011. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"The Return" @IsraeliStage Superbly written and enacted drama about the relationship between an Arab-Palestinian man and a Jewish-Israeli woman. Israeli Stage's last production! A distinctive capstone to nine years of great contributions to Boston theater. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"black odyssey boston" @CentSqTheater Central Square Theater A robustly moving and exquisitely conceived and directed evocation of African-American experience with a particular tilt towards Boston, told through the mythic lens of Homer’s "Odyssey." bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"The Clearing" @HubTheatreBos A wonderfully directed and acted production of a play about the Irish Confederate Wars of the mid-seventeenth century, and the concomitant horrors of ethnic cleansing and deportation. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"Photograph 51" #Photograph51 at Central Square Theater @CentSqTheater A superb production of a play about Rosalind Franklin, the woman scientist who in the mid-twentieth century played a central role in the discovery of the structure of DNA. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"Dragon Lady" and "Dragon Mama" part of #DragonCycle by Sara Porkalob @sporkalob at @clubOBERON, @americanrep American Repertory Theater. Terrific raw, funny, moving exuberant solo performances based on Porkalob's powerfully intense family history. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"Lost & Found" @LandFthefilm Written, directed by & starring @LiamOMochain, A delightfully suggestive pastiche of seven interrelated episodes about life, love, marriage, aging, disappointment, commerce – and a few other things – in a small Irish village. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

@dorrancedance @CRASHarts A terrific variation on the traditional forms - offbeat, daring, mixing modern and tap techniques, with a general sense of exuberant fun. They were in Boston briefly, but be sure to catch them on the road, or next time in town. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

@dorrancedance @ WorldMusic @CrashArts with inventively choreographed tap dance pieces by Michelle Dorrance, "Myelination," and two Boston premieres - "Jungle Blues" and "Three to One." Twelve dancers, a live band, and the promise of dazzling fun. 1/18-19 worldmusic.org/content/event_…

"Small Mouth Sounds" @SpeakeasyStage is a wonderful, largely wordless, takeoff on a silent meditation retreat, both spoofily hilarious and deadly serious. An excellent production filled with great actors enables one to breathe deeply and laugh heartily. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2019…

"Champions of Magic" @ChampionsMagic Floating and shrinking bodies, Houdini-style escapes, magic rubber bands, impressive mind-reading with at least one hilarious gotcha, and an omnipresent five of hearts, along with a lot of fun and spunky patter bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2018…

"The Black Clown" at @americanrep An exceedingly well done musical evocation of Langston Hughes' poem of the same name, inventively composed, brilliantly staged, wonderfully choreographed, beautifully sung. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2018…

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" @CentSqTheater A wonderfully acted and directed production of the play about sexual manipulation and intrigue set in 18th c France, with an all-male cast. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2018…

"The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" by #StepAfrika @ArtsEmerson. A exuberantly moving dance-drumming evocation of the series of paintings by the noted African-American artist about the northern migration of African-Americans 1910-1930. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2018…

"Hype Man: A Break Beat Play" @company_one Edgy, interesting narrative about a white rapper and his backup band of two African-Americans, one male and one female. Issues about racism, sexism, class come to the fore, as does some great rap. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2018…

"The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time" @SpeakEasyStage Superbly acted, directed, and choreographed bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2017…

"Tosca" at BLO #ToscaBLO Wonderful voices, terrific conducting, delivering robust and dramatic pleasure overall. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2017…

"Constellations" @CentSqTheater Cosmic doings brought to life by two great actors, Marianna Bassham and @naelnacer. bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2017…

Noted Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol in Boston 3/20-31 @IsraeliStage jewishjournal.org/2017/03/20/isr… bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2017…

"The Night of the Iguana" @americanrep A distinctively good production featuring Amanda Plummer and James Earl Jones bostonartsdiary.com/wordpress/2017…