BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at North Shore Music Theatre
Jersey Boys opened this week to one of the most enthusiastic welcomes I have ever witnessed at NSMT.
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BWW Review: BEN BUTLER: Gloucester General's Pivotal Role in the Civil War
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.
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
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.
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
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: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Impresses at Barrington Stage Company
BSC Artistic Director, Julieanne Boyd, Directed the ambitious endeavor.
BWW Review: WORKING A MUSICAL at Berkshire Theatre Group
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
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
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.
BWW Review: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH at Berkshire Theatre Group
The sometimes confusing, amusing, and thought-provoking play premiered in 1942.
BWW Review: SELLING KABUL at Williamstown Theatre Festival Resonates Deeply
SELLING KABUL is a powerful, raw, riveting and highly relevant new drama that connects on a level seldom seen and rarely felt.
BWW Review: THE 39 STEPS: Playing Hitchcock For Laughs
If there's one thing that summer theater should be, it's fun, and Gloucester Stage Company's production of THE 39 STEPS happily fulfills the requirement.
BWW Review: TIME FLIES AND OTHER COMEDIES at Barrington Stage Company Demonstrates That When You're Having Fun, Time Does Indeed Fly.
BSC veterans Carson Elrod, Jeff McCarthy, and Debra Jo Rupp, all of whom are well known to area theatre goers are joined by Cary Donaldson and Ruth Pferdehirt.
BWW Review: FREAKY FRIDAY at North Shore Music Theatre
Disney's Freaky Friday just opened at North Shore Music Theatre.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare & Company Takes A Refreshingly Unique Approach To A Centuries Old Classic
The entire cast proves themselves to be exemplary delivering long complicated dialogue that remains true to the old English, not with trite overdone accents but with polished voices and presentation that helps to make each unique, authentic, and engaging.
BWW Review: The Seth Rudetsky Series: Jessie Mueller Stars as Herself
On Monday night, the Emerson Colonial Theatre presented THE SETH RUDESTSKY SERIES STARRING JESSIE MUELLER, the first of three concerts with Cheyenne Jackson (October 4) and Kelli O'Hara (January 9) to follow.
BWW Review: ROCK AND ROLL MAN: THE ALAN FREED STORY at Berkshire Theatre Group Puts A Spell On The Berkshires.
There is a lot to like packed into this production directed by Randal Myler.
BWW Review: A HUMAN BEING, OF A SORT at Williamstown Theatre Festival Examines the Complex Notion of Freedom
A HUMAN BEING, OF A SORT represents an examination of what may lie beneath the surface.
BWW Review: TEA AT FIVE: Light Repast
Playwright Matthew Lombardo revisits his 2002 play as a one-act solo vehicle for Faye Dunaway, now receiving a pre-Broadway premiere at the Huntington Avenue Theatre in Boston.
BWW Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Williamstown Theatre Festival Breathes New Life into An American Classic
Directed by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara, Hansberry's fearless interrogation of hope in the face of racial and economic strife is as provocative and powerful today as when it premiered.
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at Ogunquit Playhouse: That's a WOW!
There's an unmistakeable sound of thunder emanating from the Ogunquit Playhouse these days, commencing with the rhythmic pounding of nearly two dozen pairs of feet, and ending in a crescendo of audience applause.
BWW Review: Dionne Warwick at the Cabot Theatre: Timeless After All These Years
A year shy of its 100th birthday, the Cabot Theatre in Beverly, a North Shore treasure for the performing arts, presented multiple Grammy Award-winning recording artist Dionne Warwick in concert before a sold-out house on Friday night.
BWW Review: OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at Berkshire Theatre Group Charms Audiences with a Delightful and Refreshing Evening's Entertainment.
In a time when most of us are tied to and dependent on electronic devices, and we are bombarded by messages, tweets, compressed news cycles, and Fear Of Missing Out, it is rare that we have an opportunity to step-back, disconnect, decompress, and focus simply on the people and things that really mat
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Bat Boy: The Musical Umbrella Arts (9/25-11/08) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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The Sound of Music Boch Center Wang Theatre (11/17-11/22) |
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An evening with LaChanze Berklee Performance Center (11/01-11/01) |
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BOUNCERS by John Godber Modern Theatre At Suffolk University (10/01-10/24) |
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Cheyenne Jackson Shalin Liu Performance Center (10/18-10/18) |
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Rocky Horror Show The Company Theatre (10/02-10/18) |
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Summer, 1976 The Unicorn Theatre (10/07-10/31) |
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CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM: THE MUSICAL The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (10/28-10/28) |
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Little Bear Ridge Road SpeakEasy Stage Company (1/29-2/20) |
