BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Soars at Boston's Opera House
COME FROM AWAY, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical warming Boston audiences now through November 17, is just the uplifting human tonic we need during these difficult and divided times.
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BWW Review: TEMPEST RECONFIGURED at Fort Point Theatre Channel
In two recent reviews of The Magic Flute and Fences, I have bemoaned Boston theatres' lack of accommodation made for the marginalized communities they attempt to serve.
BWW Review: FELLOW TRAVELERS at Boston Lyric Opera
When I first saw Boston Lyric Opera's promotional images for Fellow Travelers, a new opera by Greg Pierce and Gregory Spears, in a production that premiered at Minnesota Opera, I was incredibly wary.
BWW Review: THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Asks the Question: WWJD?
Hub Theatre Company of Boston concludes its seventh season with an ambitious undertaking, the time-bending, courtroom dramatic comedy, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Pulitzer Prize winning and Tony Award nominated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis.
BWW Review: New England Premiere of THE SMUGGLER: Of Immigrants and the American Dream
Ronán Noone is an Irish-American playwright, an immigrant, who writes about what he knows and what he has lived.
BWW Review: FENCES at The Umbrella Stage Company
The Umbrella Stage Company has baptized their newly renovated blackbox with an appropriately bleak production of August Wilson's Fences.
BWW Review: LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Written By And Starring John Leguizamo
The crotchety, old ushers at Emerson's Colonial Theatre prepared for battle as the two night run of John Leguizamo's Tony Award winning Latin History for Morons descended upon their gilded palace.
BWW Review: Isango Ensemble's THE MAGIC FLUTE, Presented by ArtsEmerson
ArtsEmerson continues its tradition of hosting world-class theatre pieces in Boston by presenting Isango Ensemble's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute.
BWW Review: CORIOLANUS at Praxis Stage
Praxis Stage's Coriolanus is punk.
BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Hanover Theatre In Worcester, MA
It turns out that Halloween weekend is a great time to see THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, the hilarious Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy that is a virtual bag full of tricks and treats.
BWW Review: ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA at Wheelock Family Theatre
Roald Dahl wrote books for the children of his time and it is a wonder that many of his creations have remained as popular and well-loved as they have decades after his death.
BWW Review: ADMISSIONS: Biting Comedy Asks You to Check Your Privilege
It's probably just a coincidence, but two fine plays currently running at two award-winning regional theaters share an unusual commonality.
BWW Review: THE BODYGUARD at North Shore Music Theatre
Last Night the BODYGUARD opened to a very warm audience reception at North Shore Music Theatre.
BWW Review: HAMLET at Gloucester Stage
A King, now a ghost, walks the night, to bring tidings to his son Hamlet, of his own murder 'most foul', at the hands of his brother Claudius who then becomes King.
BWW Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY: Pardon Our Political Correctness
Get in the mood for the rapidly approaching holiday season by going to the Lyric Stage Company of Boston's production of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, a sharp and funny satire by Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse that holds a mirror up to reflect the craziness of political correctness on steroid
BWW Review: SALTONSTALL'S TRIAL: THE SALEM WITCH TRIAL'S UNTOLD STORY at Larcom Theatre in Beverly
With the term a?oewitch hunta?? being bandied about ad nauseam in our national discourse, it seems an ideal moment to look back upon the actual witch hunt that occurred in Essex County, Massachusetts, at the end of the 17th century.
BWW Review: CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND: Feel the Beat at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, in a co-production with Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago and City Theatre in Pittsburgh, presents Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, a play that fuses history, family legacy, and rock concert to illustrate the power and importance of music.
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: Moonbox Productions Brings It Back to Harvard Square
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW was a staple of the Harvard Square entertainment scene from 1984 through 2012, enjoying an astounding 28-year run of Saturday midnight screenings at the late AMC Loews Theater.
BWW Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Theatre Company
Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is alive and well at the Huntington Theatrea?"resuscitated beyond the didactic philosophy with which the text is too often approached in academic settings and fully breathing as the comedic bacchanalia of narcissism and self-introspection that Sto
BWW Review: KING LEAR at Actors' Shakespeare Project
Upon entering Chelsea Theatre Works for Actors' Shakespeare Project's King Lear, the audience is immediately immersed in a world that could be passed off as Laurie Anderson's riff on 'man cave'.
BWW Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL: A Sunny Outlook Under the Sea
The National (non-equity) Tour of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL settled in at the Boch Center's Wang Theatre this week and brought out families and children raised on the beloved Nickelodeon series.
BWW Review: New England Premiere of TRAYF: You Don't Have To Be Jewish
Playwright Lindsay Joelle introduces us to the unique world of the Rebbe's loyal foot soldiers who travel around Manhattan in a Mitzvah Tank, performing good deeds and spreading the gospel of the Chabad-Lubavitch to non-observant and alienated Jews.
BWW Review: AMERICAN UNDERGROUND at Barrington Stage Company A Profound New Drama That Asks Us To Examine Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going.
This production is, in a word - 'tight'.
BWW Review: 42ND STREET: Thunderous Opening For The Umbrella Stage Company
The red velvet curtain rises on about a dozen pairs of feet tapping up a storm, but there are a few hundred more dancing their way out of the Umbrella Community Arts Center after they pay a visit to 42ND STREET, the blockbuster grand opening production of the Umbrella Stage Company, Greater Boston's
BWW Review: WHAT THE JEWS BELIEVE at Berkshire Theatre Group Leaves Audiences With Lots to Think About.
At it's core, WHAT THE JEWS BELIEVE is a poignant story about the loss of faith and the journey to find it.
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Wicked Citizens Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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Buena Vista Orchestra Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/08-10/08) |
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Rock of Ages North Shore Music Theatre (8/12-8/23) VIDEOS |
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Kristin Hersh Payomet Performing Arts Center (7/18-7/18) |
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Adia & Clora Snatch Joy Huntington Theatre (11/24-12/13) |
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Monty Python''s Spamalot Boch Center (10/06-10/11) |
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Margo Price - Wild At Heart Tour Payomet Performing Arts Center (9/03-9/03) |
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (7/30-8/23) |
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |