Boston Theater Reviews

BWW Review: “SIX” IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS at A.R.T. In Cambridge

by Jan Nargi — September 3, 2019

Divorced.

BWW Review: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT: Regional Premiere at Gloucester Stage Company

by Nancy Grossman — September 2, 2019

Gloucester Stage Company is the first theater in the country to produce THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT following its SRO limited run on Broadway.

BWW Review: Peregrine Theatre Ensemble's CABARET Is Stunning

by Michele Clarke — August 30, 2019

Director-choreographer Kyle Pleasant is back with Peregrine Theatre Ensemble's main stage summer show – and he has not come to play.

BWW Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Ogunquit Playhouse

by Jan Nargi — August 27, 2019

Whether you know 'whodunnit' or not, you're bound to enjoy this rollicking MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS adapted by Ken Ludwig at the Ogunquit Playhouse.

BWW Review: HERSHEY FELDER AS GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE at Berkshire Theatre Group is S'wonderful, S'Marvelous, and Magnificent.

by Marc Savitt — August 25, 2019

Felder's performance is sublime.

BWW Review: BETTY BUCKLEY TAKES HER FINAL BOW IN HELLO, DOLLY! at Boston's Opera House

by Jan Nargi — August 21, 2019

Sometimes all you need to lift your spirits is a good old-fashioned star-driven musical comedy, and, boy, does the national tour of HELLO, DOLLY! with Betty Buckley deliver.

BWW Review: FALL SPRINGS at Barrington Stage Company Proves that Environmental Consciousness Can Be FUN

by Marc Savitt — August 20, 2019

One should plant their tongue firmly in cheek for this one.

BWW Review: TOPDOG / UNDERDOG at Shakespeare & Company – A Powerful Drama That Asks Does The Show Stop or Does The Show Go On When No One Is Watching?

by Marc Savitt — August 17, 2019

The brothers reflect on their lives revealing bad parenting, neglect, abandonment and a series of life events that have left the two relatively young men badly broken.

BWW Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Shakespeare & Company Leaves Berkshire Audiences Laughing Out Loud.

by Marc Savitt — August 15, 2019

The cast includes Martin Jason Asprey (Mr.

BWW Review: WHAT WE MAY BE at Berkshire Theatre Group

by Marc Savitt — August 12, 2019

Directed by Gregg Edelman, this production features Carla Duren (Colleen Haran), Carson Elrod (Glen Geer), Penny Fuller (Lucinda Royal Scott), Samantha Hill (Summer Oliver), Dee Hoty (Joan Stern), and Count Stoval (Hal Polick).

BWW Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES: The Best of Times at Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston

by Nancy Grossman — August 12, 2019

In the summer of 1983, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein put on a show that was light years ahead of the zeitgeist, vis-a-vis the awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ people in America, and about twenty years before the legalization of same-sex marriage.

BWW Review: BEFORE THE MEETING at Williamstown Theatre Festival Shares Some Laughs, Some Tears, and Some Important Messages.

by Marc Savitt — August 12, 2019

Yes, the setting and backdrop for the events that play out is recovery.

BWW Review: GHOSTS at Williamstown Theatre Festival Proves to be Fresh and Remarkably Relevant.

by Marc Savitt — August 11, 2019

This production with the new translation is notably fresh and remarkably relevant.

BWW Review: CURVE OF DEPARTURE at Chester Theatre Company Touches Heart and Head with Simple Elegance

by Dan Dwyer — August 10, 2019

BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at North Shore Music Theatre

by David Tompkins — August 9, 2019

Jersey Boys opened this week to one of the most enthusiastic welcomes I have ever witnessed at NSMT.

BWW Review: BEN BUTLER: Gloucester General's Pivotal Role in the Civil War

by Nancy Grossman — August 7, 2019

Gloucester Stage Company presents the Boston area premiere of Richard Strand's BEN BUTLER, a Union army general who was a settler of Gloucester's Bayview neighborhood, a presidential candidate, and the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts.

BWW Review: IF I FORGET at Barrington Stage Company A Rare and Powerful Mix of Reality and Raw Emotion.

by Marc Savitt — August 7, 2019

There are a few slower moving moments in Tony Award winning (Book of Dear Evan Hansen) playwright Steven Levonson's work but there is plenty of pathos as well as lots of levity and laughter in IF I FORGET.

BWW Review: CABARET at Ogunquit Playhouse

by Jan Nargi — August 2, 2019

There's no doubt that dark times are ahead for the people of Berlin in this faithful recreation of the tawdry 1998 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of CABARET.

BWW Review: TELL ME I'M NOT CRAZY at Williamstown Theatre Festival Is Packed With Laughs, But Oh So Much More.

by Marc Savitt — July 30, 2019

There is quite a lot to like about this exemplary Williamstown Theatre Festival Commission and recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

BWW Review: PARAGON PARK: THE MUSICAL: One Last Ride on the Carousel

by Nancy Grossman — July 30, 2019

With book by Zoe Bradford and Michael Hammond, and music and lyrics by Adam Brooks, PARAGON PARK: THE MUSICAL is a lovingly-crafted reflection of a moment in time that spans eight decades.

BWW Review: THE CHILDREN at Shakespeare & Company Invites Audiences to Grapple with an Age-old Question, 'What About the Children?'

by Marc Savitt — July 27, 2019

BWW Review: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Impresses at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt — July 25, 2019

BSC Artistic Director, Julieanne Boyd, Directed the ambitious endeavor.

BWW Review: WORKING A MUSICAL at Berkshire Theatre Group

by Marc Savitt — July 23, 2019

In this musical exploration of 26 people from various walks of life and how people's relationships to their work ultimately reveal key aspects of their humanity you will meet and learn about your friends, neighbors, service providers, and maybe even yourself.

BWW Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF MISFIRES DESPITE ITS PROMISE at Huntington Theatre Company

by Jan Nargi — July 20, 2019

How much one enjoys THE LIGHTNING THIEF, The Percy Jackson Musical, currently at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston through July 28, may correlate directly with one's familiarity with the source material.

BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Taps Into Teen Loneliness And Despair But Delivers Hope At Boston Opera House

by Jan Nargi — July 18, 2019

DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the 2017 Tony Award-winning musical currently at the Boston Opera House through August 4, is that rare teen angst story that neither trivializes nor over dramatizes the challenges of coming of age in modern America.