George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man is a witty satire that everyone should experience; however, while the Lyric Stage's interpretation of the play sometimes hits the mark, Shaw's message is overpowered by a somewhat muddled and over-the-top staging.
Confessions of a Mormon Boy, Steven Fales's strikingly honest one man show about his struggle as a Mormon coming to terms with his sexual identity, is a compelling piece of theatre.
There are many ways to describe my feelings after the close of the Huntington Theatre Company's Persephone, but one word sums it up best-empty.
Is it a play? A rock musical? A cabaret? A series of overlapping vignettes set to a Dresden Dolls score? A performance piece? I'm not quite sure what to call The Onion Cellar, but I do know that I absolutely loved every minute of it.
I first saw STOMP over four years ago at another, smaller, Boston theatre.
A solid cast, an award-winning director, and an arguably intense story based on an internationally acclaimed film-how could it go wrong? Well, it didn't really go wrong, per se, but it didn't really go right, either.
It's funny, it's witty, it's energetic, and it's smart, but one only needs a single word to describe Altar Boyz-heavenly.
This one is for the girls-and the boys, and the adults, and the kids.
From the moment the lights dimmed and the rock strains of electric guitar came pounding through the speakers, I knew that Mauritius would not be anything like what I had expected.
Sometimes, the most fascinating stories to unfold on stage are the ones that are true.
What do a chicken, a bathtub on wheels, a girl in a pink bikini, a bagpiper, and a stuffed deer wearing a pink tutu have in common?
You can love a Chekhov play or hate it, but like a fine wine or a particularly poor 'American Idol' contestant, you just can't tear yourself away.
It's only fitting that a production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' is nothing short of an extravaganza, and in that respect, this production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice collaboration does not disappoint.
Sometimes, a great actor-or even a great group of actors-can't revive a lifeless script.
North Shore Music Theatre's one night only benefit performance of Jason Robert Brown's 'Songs For A New World'--Monday, October 24 at 8 PM at the John Hancock Hall (180 Berkley Street in Boston--For tickets, call 978-232-7200 or visit www.
SpeakEasy Stage Company opens its 15th anniversary season with the East Coast Premiere of Richard Kramer's 'Theatre District.
Stoneham Theatre kicks off their 2005-2006 season with 'Pal Joey,' the ground-breaking Rodgers and Hart musical that centers around a roguish nightclub emcee who ditches his naïve girlfriend to romance a rich older woman, who subsequently finances his lifestyle and business pursuits, until a blackm
The Lyric Stage Company kicks off their thirty-first season in Boston with 'Urinetown: The Musical,' the Tony award winning show that spoofs the very best of Broadway.
