APPLAUSE ACADEMY THEATER

by R. Scott Reedy - May 15, 2024

There were three great pianists on the program when the Boston Pops recently opened its 138th season at Symphony Hall....

by R. Scott Reedy - May 14, 2024

What did our critic think of JERSEY BOYS at North Shore Music Theatre?...

by R. Scott Reedy - May 12, 2024

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH LESLIE ODOM, JR. at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

by R. Scott Reedy - May 08, 2024

Between its 2019 off-Broadway run, 2021 Washington, D.C., staging, and 2022–2023 Broadway engagement at the Lyceum Theatre, the musical “A Strange Loop” – with music, lyrics, and book by Michael R. Jackson – has won a much-deserved 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony Awards for Best Musi...

by R. Scott Reedy - May 02, 2024

What did our critic think of CLUE: A NEW COMEDY at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

by R. Scott Reedy - April 22, 2024

Under Larry Sousa’s wonderfully imaginative direction and with his choreography, a 16-person company of some of Boston’s brightest, most versatile performers is bringing the Canadian musical, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Gregg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, to dazzlin...

by R. Scott Reedy - April 08, 2024

More than 50 years after its original Broadway production, which had a Boston tryout at the Shubert Theatre, the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, with book by George Furth, had its third revival in 2021, in a sprightly, cleverly reimagined, gender-swapped production that won five Tony Awards includ...

by R. Scott Reedy - April 06, 2024

What did our critic think of ANTHONY RAPP'S WITHOUT YOU at Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?...

by R. Scott Reedy - April 03, 2024

In the past few years, Patti LuPone has resigned from Actor’s Equity Association and suspended her legendary Broadway career, but as she proved with her Celebrity Series of Boston performance at Symphony Hall on April 2, the three-time Tony Award winner can still command a concert stage....

by R. Scott Reedy - March 27, 2024

What did our critic think of ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE at Sanders Theatre? In his eponymous show Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, the performer definitely lives up to the title....