Phil Klay’s short story collection, Redeployment, about the experiences of American soldiers fighting in Iraq and returning home, won the 2014 National Book Award for fiction. His second book, Missionaries, […]
Theater
SHIPSHAPE
Nauset High Drama Group Readies ‘the Big Reveal’
Anything Goes will spotlight school’s new state-of-the-art stage
Cole Porter’s 1934 musical Anything Goes begins in a bar with a few of the colorful characters who will be sailing on the ocean liner S.S. American from New York […]
THEATER
Angels in America’s Glorious Conclusion
Part II: Perestroika soars in Provincetown
Here’s the thing about Perestroika, the three-and-a-half-hour second half of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: it’s a period piece, set in 1986, when the AIDS epidemic was spreading its lethal […]
DRESS REHEARSAL
Provincetown Puts on Something Rotten
Students take the stage in middle-school musical about a musical
The script might be about the first-ever musical, but this year’s performance of Something Rotten Jr. by Provincetown Schools middle-school students is definitely a story reflecting plenty of experience and […]
SERIOUS HUMOR
Ren Q. Dawe Is ‘Here to Pee’
A cross-country trans comedy tour is on its way to Provincetown
The comedy tour “Here to Pee,” which began in March, represents comedian Ren Q. Dawe’s most ambitious project to date: a tour through all 50 states, featuring an all trans […]
THEATER
A Place to Be Brave, Loud, and Ridiculous
Cape Rep’s Young Company teaches more than just theater
BREWSTER — Rehearsal starts with a circle. It’s Tuesday evening, and 20 teenagers from the Cape Rep Theatre’s Young Company face each other on the stage. Though they’re empty-handed, they […]
THEATER
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
A play of odd couplings makes a holiday treat
John Cariani’s Almost, Maine — a collection of nine playlets about love in an isolated small town in northeast Maine — is such a crowd-pleaser that it’s easy to overlook […]
FA-LA-LA-LA-LA
A Diva With a Heart of Gold Plays a Scrooge
Tina Burner brings a one-queen Christmas Carol to the cabaret stage
“We all know that we all hate the holidays,” says Tina Burner, the drag performer and comedian from New York City who starred in Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. […]
WOMEN’S WEEK
Rita Mae Brown Is Funny Even When She Fights
The activist and writer is a ‘sage’ whose work freed women to be themselves
Rita Mae Brown says she came into the world knowing exactly what she wanted: “Horses, hounds, and literature.” The activist and writer, who is also master of hounds at the […]
THEATER
All Things Must Fade
A new play by Meryl Cohn goes deep and dark
The cottage, an Airbnb in Provincetown, with its faded floral-print couch, unreliable landline phone, and feebly locking doors, feels like the set of a horror film, says Jojo (Susan Lambert). […]
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL
Variations on the Theme of Memory
At this year’s theater festival, what is remembered about the past is not always what really happened
Actor and playwright Jacob Storms says that an extraordinary high-school experience of theater gave him the courage to write a one-man play in which he cast himself as an up-and-coming […]
THEATER
There’s Nothing Statuesque About Lady Liberty
Fermín Rojas’s new play disrobes an icon
Even today, as Donald Trump recklessly exploits the xenophobia of American voters, the Statue of Liberty, rising majestically in New York Harbor, is a powerful symbol of New World freedom […]
COMEDY
Matteo Lane’s Practiced Ease
The comedian has two shows this weekend at Provincetown Town Hall
Onstage, Matteo Lane radiates ease. Often, he says, he’ll get this comment after a show: “It felt like I was sitting there catching up with a friend.” On his podcast, […]
CABARET
Liz Callaway Passes on the Gift of Sondheim
The Broadway star returns to Provincetown with an expanded musical world
Broadway singer and actress Liz Callaway has performed a half-dozen times in Provincetown but returns Aug. 30 and 31 to a different venue — and with a new honor as […]
DRAG DESK
Delta Miles Celebrates Judy Garland at Her Best
An homage to the star’s ability to make people feel good
Blue lights cover the stage of the cabaret room at the Crown & Anchor. A voice seeps through the narrow opening in the curtain: “Another openin’, another show,” sings Delta […]
