Debra Wise

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Meter maids

Revels goes to the Balkans
Santa may know who’s naughty and nice, but he’ll have to bone up on his irregular folk meters if he wants to follow this year’s Christmas Revels to the Balkans.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 17, 2007

Dream time

Einstein's Dreams at MIT
MIT professor Alan Lightman's first novel Einstein's Dreams doesn't have a plot or developing characters.
By IAN SANDS | April 24, 2007

Cross-purposes

ART’s Oliver Twist , the New Rep’s Orson’s Shadow
Oliver Twist gets the Brecht treatment in Neil Bartlett’s new adaptation at American Repertory Theatre.
By STEVE VINEBERG | March 01, 2007

Grace notes

Sacred Hearts , States of Grace
Among the shows that open each season, a few stand out like a pair of stiletto heels spotted in a swarm of rubber-soled footwear.
By LIZA WEISSTUCH | January 30, 2007

Ach, du lieber

Revels rides with Siegfried and Sankt Nick
If your name is Susan, you might not want to sit too close to the stage at the 36th annual Christmas Revels .
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 20, 2006

Brooklyn and the bottle

Donald Margulies from SpeakEasy, Alcoholics Anonymous from New Rep
Donald Margulies’s Brooklyn Boy , which is receiving a creditable Boston premiere production from SpeakEasy Stage Company chronicles the identity crisis of Eric Weiss (Victor Warren), a Jewish writer from Sheepshead Bay now rounding middle age.
By STEVE VINEBERG | June 19, 2006