BOSTON THEATER REVIEWS

Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series....

What did our critic think of THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater?...

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?...

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?...

Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice....

What did our critic think of IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company?...

What did our critic think of WONDER at American Repertory Theater?...

What did our critic think of SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF FLEET STREET at Iron Wolf Theatre, South Boston Lithuanian Citizens Association?...

What did our critic think of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?...

What did our critic think of JESSICA VOSK SLEIGH at Berklee Performance Center?...

In playwright Mark Shanahan’s clever “A Sherlock Carol,” now at Lyric Stage Boston through December 21, when self-described “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes hears a knock at his 221B Baker Street door, there’s not a band of Christmas carolers on the other side but rather a visitor ...

What did our critic think of FUN HOME at The Huntington? A funeral home may seem an unlikely setting for a Broadway musical, but it turns out to be an ideal backdrop for the deeply moving “Fun Home.”...

What did our critic think of SUMMER, 1976 at Central Square Theater?...

Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of...

Musical comedy creators Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair are self-described fans of 1930s screwball comedies, so when the pair decided to collaborate on a musical that only needed two actors and a piano, they asked themselves, “What if the Marx Brothers did an Agatha Christie story?”...

1999 is well written and multi-layered. The subject matter is troubling and will likely elicit a wide range of responses undoubtedly influenced by one’s individual life experiences. The piece presents audience members with a number of questions that are highly topical and relevant. Like the subjec...

What did our critic think of THE CHER SHOW at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?...

Whether indie films like “Waitress,” coming-of-age dramas like “The Outsiders,” or comedies like “Beetlejuice,” film-to-stage adaptations most often take the form of Broadway musicals, including Hollywood classics such as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” and mo...

Emotional breakdowns can forever change a person, often not for the better. For Australian performer Sam Kissajukian, however, a lengthy 2021 manic episode with bipolar disorder upended his life and ultimately set him on a course to a new form of artistic expression....

What did our critic think of TICK, TICK...BOOM! at The Umbrella Arts Center?...

What did our critic think of SARDINES (A COMEDY ABOUT DEATH) at The Huntington Theatre? Sardines (a comedy about death) runs now at the Maso Studio at the Huntington Theatre through November 16,...

What did our critic think of THE COUNTER at The Umbrella Arts Center?...

Katori Hall’s thought-provoking drama, “The Mountaintop,” being presented by Front Porch Arts Collective in collaboration with Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre, where it is being staged through October 12....

What did our critic think of OUR TOWN at Lyric Stage Company Of Boston? What makes all worthwhile productions of “Our Town,” like this one, work is what makes the play itself endure. We can relate to Wilder’s characters and connect with their experiences, making the play truly our story in “...