Don Aucoin

12 hours ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Don Aucoin |A.Z. Madonna |Murray Whyte |Jeffrey Gantz |Jon Garelick |Maura Johnston | +1 more

Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) in rehearsal for "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)."Nile Scott StudiosTWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY) The two strangers in question in this musical two-hander are Dougal, a cheery Britisher in his mid-20s traveling to attend the wedding of his father — whom he has never met — and Robin, also in her 20s, a hard-bitten native New Yorker who is the sister of the young woman Dougal’s father is about to marry.

16 hours ago | bostonglobe.com | Don Aucoin |A.Z. Madonna |Murray Whyte |Jeffrey Gantz |Jon Garelick |Maura Johnston | +1 more

Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) in rehearsal for "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)."Nile Scott StudiosTWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY) The two strangers in question in this musical two-hander are Dougal, a cheery Britisher in his mid-20s traveling to attend the wedding of his father — whom he has never met — and Robin, also in her 20s, a hard-bitten native New Yorker who is the sister of the young woman Dougal’s father is about to marry.

6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Don Aucoin

Words like “versatility” and “range” are usually invoked to describe actors. But they can be invaluable traits in writers as well.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Don Aucoin

Viewed from a theatrical perspective, the workplace is essentially a stage of sorts, providing a performance space for an array of distinctive characters and ongoing narratives. In the case of Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which takes place in a Harlem salon on a scorching summer day in 2019, most of the characters are immigrants — meaning that, for them, the past is often commingled with an increasingly uneasy present — and the narratives are strands within a larger story.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Don Aucoin

The Plastics. “On Wednesdays, we wear pink.” The Burn Book. “Gretchen, stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen!” “They’re both in the costume!” The very term “mean girls.”All of the above entered the cultural bloodstream in 2004, when the film comedy “Mean Girls” — scripted by Tina Fey — was released, and have pretty much remained there. In 2018, a brand-extending Broadway musical adaptation premiered. Then, last year, “Mean Girls” returned to the big screen, this time in musical form.