In a welcome and ambitious move, the Irish Repertory Theatre is devoting its season to the playwright Sean O’Casey, who lived between 1880 and 1964. more

Here’s a setup that seems sure-fire comedy. more

Everything is full circle for Laurie Walton. more

It’s like the Tribeca Film Festival meets collegiate film theory discussion. Except the snacks aren’t popcorn, but protein bars. more

John Guare’s new play “Nantucket Sleigh Ride” takes its audience on a wild trip through churning waters. And just like with the whalers of old — harpooned to their robust adversary, bouncing along the waves and uncertain of their destination — it is the beast that is in control, fighting capture all the way. more

Of all the tried-and-true dramatic formulas, the love story ranks close to the top. more

Mary Seacole was a revolutionary, a Jamaican who dreamed of vaulting confines of race and class and make her mark as a “doctress” on the battlefields of the Crimean War. Playwright … more