add to our listings
Paula Vogel's sprawling, big-hearted, and somewhat over-populated tapestry blends historical figures like Abraham Lincoln with composite or fictional characters - a runaway slave desperate to secure safety and freedom for her child, a black soldier in wrathful mourning for his kidnapped wife - who carry the emotional weight of the play. Don Aucoin, Globe Staff The Boston Globe
If the stores are ready for Christmas, why not the theaters? The Huntington Theatre Company jumps into the season with "A Civil War Christman: An American Musical Celebration." Paula Vogel's play takes place on Christmas Eve 1864, when President and Mrs. Lincoln are discussing gift-giving inside the White House, a young Confederate soldier is on the Potomac River challenging a Union blacksmith, and a fugitive slave is looking for her daughter. - June Wulff, Globe Staff
Write a Review
In an interview in October 1998, the year she won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her remarkable memory play “How I Learned to Drive,’’ the playwright Paula Vogel said, somewhat surprisingly: “I want to start to write for musical theater.’’ (Full review)
They’re packing up their glory and bringing it downtown. (Full review)