Alex Lonati

BWW Reviews: Into the Home of Happy Medium Theatre's DYING CITY

June 24, 2015

Happy Medium's production of DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn was the first hyper realistic piece I've seen in the private home of those performing.

BWW Reviews: New Plays and Lovely Ladies in Boston Public Works Theater Company's THREE

June 16, 2015

Boston Public Works Theater Company's production of THREE, a new play by Emily Kaye Lazzaro

BWW Reviews: A Young and Fresh Take on Shakespeare in Bridge Rep's JULIUS CAESAR

May 18, 2015

A review of Bridge Rep's JULIUS CAESAR, presented in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.

BWW Reviews: An Evening of Short Plays at Brown Box's BOXER SHORTS

April 29, 2015

Boxer Shorts is a ninety-minute night consisting of four short plays from three classic 20th century playwrights (Beckett, Pinter, and Williams) and one contemporary playwright (Raznovich).

BWW Reviews: Into the Minds of Brown Box Theatre Project's ECHOES

February 9, 2015

A dive into the haunting and kinetic production that was Brown Box Theatre Project's Echoes.

BWW Reviews: Chilling Set in Actors Shakespeare Project's PHEDRE

November 24, 2014

Actors Shakespeare Project's production of Phedre, which took place at the First Church of Boston, a highly descriptive and heightened diatribe of a play.

BWW Reviews: British Wit Abound in Bad Habit Productions' THE REAL THING

November 17, 2014

Review of Bad Habit Productions' THE REAL THING, a dry British comedy by Tom Stoppard

BWW Reviews: Inventive Space and Witty Language in Brown Box Theatre Project's BLUE WINDOW

November 10, 2014

Craig Lucas's Blue Window, directed by emerging talent Anna Trachtman.

BWW Reviews: Crazy Russian Adventures in Imaginary Beasts's KNOCK!

September 29, 2014

Imaginary Beasts consistently puts out what they call 'adventurous' and I would call 'ludicrous' theatrical productions, pushing boundaries, disregarding conventions (gender bending is a staple of their shows), and twisting reality.

BWW Reviews: Let's Talk About Language with Bad Habit Productions' TRANSLATIONS

August 15, 2014

Translations, directed by M.

BWW Reviews: The Most Twisted Bedtime Story with Circuit Theatre Company's THE ANNOTATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSKRAT

August 4, 2014

You don't go into a show called The Annotated History of the American Muskrat without some very specific preconceptions.

BWW Reviews: Intelligent Laughter at Hub Theatre's COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE [ABRIDGED]

July 25, 2014

The Hub Theatre Company of Boston is presenting The Complete Works of Shakespeare [Abridged], a hilarious, highly physical, wacky portrayal of all of the Bard's plays originally conceived by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.

BWW Reviews: Many Mediums Make for a Spectacle in Company One's ASTRO BOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS

July 20, 2014

Telling the story of popular Japanese cartoon, Astro Boy, and his creator, Osamu Tezuka, the piece utilizes more mediums than I ever imagined possible for a stage piece.

BWW Reviews: Two Wild Works Confuse and Excite Audiences in Circuit Theatre's THE WALK ACROSS AMERICA FOR MOTHER EARTH and WELCOME TO ARROYO'S

July 15, 2014

The Circuit Theatre Company has a summer season of three shows, two of which are currently running in rep at the Oberon Theatre in Cambridge.

BWW Reviews: A Festival of Pride in Sleeping Weazel's DOUBLES, DEMONS, AND DREAMERS

June 16, 2014

This week is Pride Week in Boston and what better way to support and celebrate than with a festival of plays and theatrical pieces that feature appropriate and relevant themes.

BWW Reviews: Dorothy Thompson Comes to Life in The Nora Theatre Company's CASSANDRA SPEAKS

June 10, 2014

This is the story of Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist and radio broadcaster during WWII who was known to some as the "First Lady of American Journalism".

BWW Reviews: It's a Winter Wonderland at Underground Railway Theater's SILA

May 4, 2014

Who says arts and academia cannot work hand in hand? Isn't theatre one of the best ways to reach large groups of people and enact change? So why not teach lessons about issues of science and environmental awareness within a theatrical piece?

BWW Reviews: Suddenly Absurdist in Imaginary Beasts's LOVERS' QUARRELS

March 30, 2014

In Imaginary Beasts's mission statement, they refer to the art they create as adventurous, non-traditional, and for an eclectic public.

BWW Reviews: A Night of Contradictions at Central Square Theatre's BRUNDIBAR & BUT THE GIRAFFE

March 23, 2014

There are few things that speak to the resilience and hopefulness of mankind more than the history of Brundibar, currently being performed at the Central Square Theatre.

February 11, 2014