BOSTON THEATER REVIEWS

Directed by Isadora Wolfe this production is rather unusual and quite unique. It is physical, poetic and charged with emotional power. Packed with passion, revenge, hubris and heartbreak, METAMORPHOSES is a gripping night of theatre that proves the ancient myths still burn with relevance today....

Despite a few slower moments, the 90-minute production (presented without intermission) is quite delightful. While we are led to believe that unfulfilled kismet and the chance to right missed opportunity are the crux of the matter, twists and turns that I won’t spoil, yield a larger look at life i...

When it comes to grieving and loss, closure can be elusive. Indeed, loss can haunt a person for a long time, changing the trajectory of a survivor’s life along the way....

Paul Melendy doesn’t just walk out on stage at the start of “Featherbaby” – the riotous David Templeton play about a potty-mouthed parrot now being given its co-world premiere in conjunction with the Don Fulton New Works Project at Greater Boston Stage Company in Stoneham through September 2...

Train travel has inspired music and movies, from songs like “I Thought about You,”  “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “My Baby Takes the Morning Train,” and the beloved Boston classic “Charlie on the M.T.A.” to films including “Strangers on a Train,” “The Incident,” “Girl on a Trai...

I found MOTHER PLAY devastatingly powerful. The standing ovation and calls of bravo made it clear that others in the opening performance audience felt so as well, even perhaps without the full forced direct gut punch....

What did our critic think of THE WIZ at Citizens Opera House?...

While on the surface, a play with basketball and one of its prominent players may seem a bit odd, KING JAMES proves to be a deep exploration of male friendship, its complexities, and how sports can bring people together and create a bond that goes beyond just grabbing a beer and watching the game....

When “Grease” premiered in 1971, the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey musical about working-class teenagers at a Midwestern high school in the late 1950s was a gritty satire, first performed at a Chicago nightclub....

While there ae certainly plenty of laughs to be had, there is also much pain and tragedy as major milestones in her life unfold. While I believe that much of the content may have previously been in the public sphere, there are some aspects that are explored more intimately. Though I don’t believe ...

Over the eight years I have been covering regional productions for BroadwayWorld.com (a number in the hundreds) this production of THE PIANO LESSON is without doubt one of the overall finest.  Simply stated it approaches flawless, a Broadway caliber production....

In the vernacular of the production, everything about it is quite satisfactory. Solid performances, handsome and functional staging, etc. It is all quite lovely. This production overall, however, fails to breakthrough. Christie’s script and characters are, as many of her works multifaceted and del...

A Broadway star is not likely to be found running lines with the understudy. Indeed, marquee-name actors seldom even know who’s covering their role. The classic 1950 film melodrama “All About Eve” aside, a real-life Margo Channing probably isn't giving a second thought to any Eve Harringtons l...

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances....

Due to scheduling conflicts, I was able to avail myself of only a small sampling of the W71 events during the first weekend of programming. We attended a performance of MANY HAPPY RETURNS at 11am and Tennessee Williams’ CAMINO REAL at 2pm. We had time between to enjoy lunch and a bit of shopping o...

Epstein, who noted he and Coleman have collectively directed more than 20 productions of ROMEO AND JULIET, said this production explores the pursuit of delight within a difficult and warring world. “Shakespeare is a master of integrating delight and this play is the archetype of that,” he said. ...

The eleven original songs are pleasant, reminiscent of pop / folk rock, and had my head nodding throughout. Equally as enjoyable to me as recent hits from Jason Robert Brown, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, or Sara Bareilles.  Another thing you should know is that fuzzy is not complicated or deeply tho...

What did our critic think of EVITA at Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston? In act two of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical “Evita,” a beleaguered Eva Perón pleads “You Must Love Me.”...

Workplace relationships have provided the fodder for plays, movies, and television shows for generations. The production runs through July 26, 2025....

Over the course of the immensely entertaining and enjoyable, frenetically paced, roughly hour and a half presentation (without intermission), I smiled, nodded, laughed a great deal, cried to a much lesser degree, and felt seen, heard, and understood. At first, I attributed this to my being, Jewish, ...

I confess, it was difficult to leave the house on a truly glorious summer Sunday to attend the opening of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot. That said, I had been anticipating this production since it was announced as the first musical of the 2025 season and I believe that it does not disappoint....

THE VICTIM achieves a level of brilliance wherein the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While the script, direction, cast and creatives are near flawless in their own right, this production is topical, relevant, emotional, and well worth experiencing....

Tennessee Williams found fame with 1944’s “The Glass Menagerie,” which is considered to be one of the gifted playwright’s most notable works along with “A Streetcar Named Desire, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Sweet Bird of Youth.” That status is being affirmed once again by the magn...

In “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” playwright George Bernard Shaw tells the provocative story of a former prostitute turned madam who struggles to find peace with her disapproving daughter and prove that working as a prostitute is not the result of questionable morals, but rather a profession chos...

When it comes to jukebox musicals, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical” is one of the very best – a veritable Wurlitzer 1015....