Red at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Winner of six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, Red by John Logan took Broadway by storm with its provocative portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability. Having just landed the biggest commission in modern art history, 20th-century abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko works feverishly in his studio with his brash young assistant, Ken. As Rothko nears completion of what he hopes will be his crowning achievement, he faces the possibility that the project could also become his undoing. Set amid the swiftly changing cultural tide of the early 1960s, Red is a startling snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame.