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Jan Nargi

Jan Nargi is owner and creative director of JMN Publications, a marketing and public relations firm based in Boston, Mass. She provides consultation, communications, and writing services to clients in the health care, entertainment, financial, retail, manufacturing, non-profit, and sports industries. As a freelance writer, Jan has had hundreds of articles published in business and high-tech magazines. Theatrically, she has reviewed, written, directed, acted, produced, sung, danced, managed publicity, pounded nails, and designed lighting and sets. Jan has even acted in the occasional B-movie, playing a zombie, a psycho shrink, and a clueless news reporter. You may visit her on the web at www.jmnpublications.com.






'Jersey Boys:' A Flash of Nostalgia
February 12, 2009

National tour of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is an entertaining, if shallow, tribute to the enduring music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

'Frost/Nixon:' The Rise and Fall of Celebrity
February 9, 2009

Broadway Across America tour of acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production is gripping theater that gives a Brit's eye view of a great American tragedy

Photo Coverage: Stars Turn Out for NSMT
February 5, 2009

Save Our Theatre benefit raises $45,000 for North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts

The Light of Hope Shines in 'The Corn Is Green'
February 4, 2009

Kate Burton gives a glowing performance as the formidable Miss Moffat in this Huntington Theatre restaging of the Emlyn Williams classic

Bienvenu and Au Revoir at New Rep's 'Cabaret'
February 2, 2009

Watertown theater bids farewell to artistic director Rick Lombardo as it mounts the final production of his 13-year tenure

Magical Thinking Makes Way for Maggie the Cat
February 1, 2009

The Lyric Stage continues its exciting 2008-2009 season as 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' follows the just closed Boston premiere of 'The Year of Magical Thinking'

'Legally Blonde:' Wasted Energy in a Can
December 13, 2008

Excess volume, perkiness and hype can't disguise the vapid book and mindless score of this cheesy musical adaptation of a beloved movie that may have been bright pink on the outside but was always true blue in its heart

Cast Dazzles in Sharp 'Chicago' Tour
December 11, 2008

Broadway alums make return engagement of the reconceived Tony Award-winning Broadway revival a welcome addition to Boston's Broadway Across America schedule

'The Seafarer:' Sympathy for the Devil
December 10, 2008

Decidedly different holiday spirits conjure mystery, menace and magic in the Boston area premiere of Conor McPherson's lyrical, funny and fearful Tony-nominated Irish folk play

'Rock 'n' Roll' Is a Tale of Two Acts
December 8, 2008

Intellectualism gives way to emotion in Tom Stoppard's complex chronicle of the impact of Cold War politics and social revolution on life, love, and rock and roll

A Star Is Born on '42nd Street'
November 18, 2008

Peggy Sawyer saves the day in the North Shore Music Theatre production of this tap-happy backstage musical

"November" Is Mamet Lite
October 24, 2008

Stale jokes and silly situations blunt the potential for scathing humor in David Mamet's sophomoric send-up of the Oval Office and its inhabitants

"Wishful Drinking" Puts the "Dis" in Dysfunction
October 20, 2008

Carrie Fisher teaches an outrageous lesson in survival when fame, family, and pharmaceuticals fail to fulfill - but the funny bone remains in tact

"Show Boat" Just Keeps Rolling Along
October 12, 2008

North Shore Music Theatre pays homage to the endurance of a classic and the human spirit in its presentation of the 1994 Hal Prince Broadway revival

SpeakEasy Lights ‘Piazza’ from Within
October 2, 2008

Lovely performances from a stellar ensemble create intimate portraits of a family learning to grow up and let go

New Rep Breathes Life into ‘Eurydice’
September 27, 2008

Watertown's New Repertory Theatre masterfully navigates the troubled waters of Sarah Ruhl's mythic tale of life, death, love and choice

A Chorus Line: A Carbon Copy in the Digital Age
September 24, 2008

The national tour currently at the Boston Opera House is a by-the-numbers recreation with all the moves but none of the essence to make it sing for a new generation

Photo Coverage: Donna McKechnie in 'No, No, Nanette'
August 12, 2008

The Reagle Players in Waltham, Mass. brings its 40th anniversary season to a close this week with the Roaring '20s musical 'No, No, Nanette' starring Donna McKechnie as Lucille.

Donna McKechnie: One Singular Sensation
August 6, 2008

The Tony Award-winning actress who will forever be remembered for her breathtaking performance as the original Cassie in 'A Chorus Line' shares her views on her life, her continuing career, and her triumph over a debilitating illness that ironically gave her a second chance at happiness

Humor Is Front and Center in "The Understudy"
August 4, 2008

Theresa Rebeck's scathing new play that mixes comedy with Kafka receives its world premiere in an excellent production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival



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