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The Boston Globe: In ‘Lear’, Lyman is the King of Boston Common


Lyman is starring as Lear in a milestone production for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: This is the 20th year the company has given free performances of a Shakespeare play on Boston Common, which typically draw tens of thousands of… Read More

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Boston Globe: Creating a new look for ‘Twelfth Night’ on the Common


“”The thing I love about this play is it is such a melancholic comedy “, Maler said. “He was writing this as he was writing ‘Hamlet’.  This sense of multiple deaths, some real and some perceived, that happen… Read More

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Wicked Local: Newton native Larry Coen brings the laughs to Boston’s Shakespeare on the Common


If you’re watching a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company performance and you’re laughing, then there’s a good chance Larry Coen is on stage. –Alexander Stevens, Wicked Local

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