Nate Hall
Nate Hall is the Daily’s associate editor. He has previously served as executive arts editor. Nate is a senior studying history, and you can reach him at nathan.hall@tufts.edu.
Arts
Boston theater community begins an ambitious project with ‘Sojourners’
By Nate Hall and Odessa Gaines | November 12On Nov. 6, the Huntington Theatre celebrated the opening night of “Sojourners,” written by Nigerian-American playwright Mfoniso Udofia. However, this was more than just the opening of a single show: In partnership with more than 30 theater companies, arts organizations, universities, and non-profits, the Huntington is staging nine of Udofia’s plays throughout Greater Boston over the next two years. Collectively, these nine plays make up the Ufot Family Cycle, an epic story that chronicles the life of one Nigerian immigrant family across three generations as they navigate their lives in America. “Sojourners,” which serves as the origin story of the cycle, is a remarkable tale of perseverance in the face of adversity.
News
Headlines from off the Hill
By Matthew Sage and Nate Hall | November 5Final election results may not be known tonight amid razor-thin polls Despite states implementing new rules to streamline voting systems, it’s likely that results from key states will not be known by the night’s end. While news networks will attempt to call races throughout the night, it can take ...
Arts
‘Oh, Mary!’ is a political farce for the ages
By Nate Hall | November 5Theater has always been political. Some of the biggest Broadway hits of the last few decades have explored political issues, like “Rent,” “Come From Away” and “Hadestown.” Others have taken on the American political system itself, including “Hamilton,” which focuses on the Founding Fathers, and “Suffs,” a new musical about the women’s suffrage movement. But Broadway’s latest political story comes from one of the most unexpected sources — a play so campy and absurd that for just 90 minutes, you’ll forget about the political chaos we’re living in and find some joy in the chaos onstage.
News
Battle for the Senate: Nine key races
By Estelle Anderson, Maxwell Shoustal, Zach Halverstam, Nate Hall, Julieta Grané and Nicholas Prather | November 5Thirty-four Senate seats are up for grabs today. Democrats currently hold a slim majority in the Senate, where they sit in seven of the nine most competitive seats. Democrats must win seven of these seats and the presidency in order to achieve a majority.
Arts
‘Nassim’ is a daring theatrical experiment at the Huntington
By Nate Hall and Odessa Gaines | October 17Anyone who’s done theater has probably had some version of the actor’s nightmare: You find yourself alone onstage, you don’t know what the show is and you don’t know any of your lines. While this may seem like just a fantasy scenario, it’s actually the premise for the “Nassim,” a remarkable play from the Huntington Theater Company, now playing at the Calderwood Pavilion through Oct. 27.
