Ed Siegel

Writing and editing arts website for WBUR, Boston's NPR news station. Theater, books, film, music. Also tweets at @WBURArtery

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Great to be in the Berkshires last weekend with so many arts organizations at the top of their game: @BarringtonStage; @TanglewoodMA with @YoYo_Ma; #Rodin at @the_clark; and a moving exhibit about depictions of race in illustrations at @NRockwellMuseum. https://t.co/hCDTLFwtAn

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John Douglas Thompson, Julie Boyd @BarringtonStage, @IgorGolyak and Darya Denisova have made the world a better place through their theatrical heroics. My @WBURartery recap of this year's @nortonawards. https://t.co/MMiX93vGdf

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"Bluest Eye" by the @huntington, "People, Places & Things" by b @SpeakEasyStage and "Tiny Beautiful Things" at @GloucesterStage have a ball at @nortonawards. https://t.co/uAjQ7xPa47

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Should only Jews play Shylock and Mrs. Maisel? Should Jews not write about Puerto Ricans? Taking issue with the censoriousness of the authenticity absolutists in @WBURartery. John Douglas Thompson and @naelnacer can play anyone they want to, in my book. https://t.co/c9LPze5tR2

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@Jwills1 @SpeakEasyStage @WBUR Looking forward to seeing this Saturday.

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As we look forward to this new year, we want to take a look back at some of our favorite theater productions in the area.

Here are our top 10 picks, curated by critics @siegeled and @Jwills1.
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.@IgorGolyak and @arlekinplayers create another powerful online production, 'Witness,' about the MS St. Louis, the ship carrying Jews fleeing the #Holocaust, most of whom were turned away by US and other countries. @Jwills1 review in @WBURartery:
https://t.co/VbbcdBqAEL

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.@Jwills1 and I look back in admiration at summer and fall theater: 'A Crossing' at @BarringtonStage and the Bard at @commshakes and @shakeandco followed by @IgorGolyak's 'Merchant' @ASPBoston and 'Macbeth in Stride @americanrep. https://t.co/258QRrykPy

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As much as I love Sondheim, the new @WestSideMovie spotlights how one artist can drive another to new heights, whether it's Sondheim and @LennyBernstein or Spielberg and Tony Kushner. Same goes for 'Get Back' and @TheBeatles. My essay in @WBURartery. https://t.co/DaNqHuEgdh

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@NopalitaMami @selena_podcast That's great!

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@marylouakai Congratulations on the election and the interim chief of staff.

Ed (former next door neighbor)

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No summer has been complete without taking in offerings at @BarringtonStage in the Berks (@BerkshiresToday). Next summer will be the last for founder @juliannemboyd. We'll be there. My @WBURartery
appreciation. cc @JoeCalarcoNYC.
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ICYMI: Meet The ARTery 25 — Artists Of Color Transforming The Cultural Landscape.

https://t.co/7xhAY695wA

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A #maculardegeneration odyssey leaves me feeling like a cross between Peter Sellers finding he can walk in 'Dr. Strangelove' and Roman Polanski in "The Tenant." My @WBURARtery essay: https://t.co/NTYeWTeleL cc @MacularHope

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A macular degeneration odyssey, with a little help from friends like @LeighMontville, @Celtics, #Beethoven, @

https://t.co/3pEDoRc83Z

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What a way for #Boston #theater to restart. 'The Tempest' on the Common is the best @commshakes ever. Kudos to @SteveMaler, John Douglas Thompson, @naelnacer and the whole cast and crew. @Jwills1 review in @WBURartery: https://t.co/boSK1FRRmQ cc @artsboston @StageSourceBos

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I hadn't been to @JacobsPillow
in ages. A treat to go back. Also revisiting @the_clark
and discovering a new fun music place, The Foundry in @Weststockbridge, featuring a fascinating, rousing @sxipshirey. @WBURArtery Berkshires Notebook with @jwills1: https://t.co/a6UxGp7VUg

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.@shakeandco and @BarringtonStage continue to represent what's great about #Berkshires #theater. Christopher Lloyd is an underrated, understated 'Lear.' Reed Birney and son reminded us what live theater can do that Zoom can't. Our @WBURartery notebook:
https://t.co/1Cih0BdUqp

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I had a blast roaming around @TheBerkshires with my @WBURARtery colleague Jacquinn Sinclair (@Jwills1). Today's Notebook centers on food (@MezzeGroup, Mission in @ArtsPittsfield); books and Berkshire Botanical Garden. https://t.co/7PusXhVw43