Review: A CHORUS LINE at Barrington Stage Company
The musical numbers overall are so well executed it would be unfair to single out any over the rest.
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Review: A Thrilling PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
What did our critic think of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Emerson Colonial Theatre?
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare & Company
TWELFTH NIGHT is a fast-paced farce that may occasionally edge a tad over the top, but it is well designed, well staged and well presented.
Review: Gloucester Stage Company's BETRAYAL is True to Pinter
What did our critic think of BETRAYAL at Gloucester Stage Company?
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY Could be Even Better with Less Pop, More Punch
What did our critic think of THE GREAT GATSBY at Citizens Opera House?
Review: ESTATE SALE at Barrington Stage Company
I often look or ask for the take away message in a performance.
Review: THE AMERICAN FIVE at Berkshire Theatre Group
THE AMERICAN FIVE Intersects Black, Queer, and Jewish histories to showcase the collective work required to bring about societal change.
Review: Laughs Abound in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL
What did our critic think of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL at Central Square Theater?
Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company
FIREFLIES is a delightful little feel-good piece that gives humorous, heartwarming, and character-driven romance.
Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson
Theatergoers who have come to love and respect Abasiama Bassey a central character in the emotionally resonant nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia, will not want to miss the deeply moving “In Old Age,” the eighth and penultimate play in the
Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company
THE ZIONISTS; A Family Storm represents a tremendous new piece of theater.
Review: ANNIE at Greater Boston Stage Company
What did our critic think of ANNIE at Greater Boston Stage Company?
Review: Sullivan Rep's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Shows Sondheim is Worth a Second Look
What did our critic think of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at Sullivan Rep?
Review: A Thrilling BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater
What did our critic think of BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater?
Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly
Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of their source material as much as their familiar scores for success.
Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot
But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup.
Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company
Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing.
Review: Darren Criss Kicks Off New Concert Dates in Boston
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH DARREN CRISS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?
Review: SELECTED SHORTS at The Adams Theater
Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight.
Review: JOHN & JEN at Berkshire Theatre Group
As BTG's Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire stated: 'Through moments of joy, heartbreak, humor and healing, JOHN & JEN explores the enduring connections between siblings, parents and children- the people who remain part of us across a lifetime.
Review: The Huntington's OEDIPUS EL REY Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
Playwright Luis Alfaro aimed high when he decided to bring Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” from 429 BC into the 21st century with “Oedipus El Rey,” his contemporary retelling of the Greek tragedy set in a Los Angeles barrio.
Review: JON BATISTE Brings His Musical Genius to BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
What did our critic think of JON BATISTE BRINGS HIS MUSICAL GENIUS TO BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall?
Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Anything But at Lyric Stage Boston
When it comes to playwrights and poets, William Shakespeare towers above everyone else who has ever put pen to paper.
Review: Music Carries the Day in The Umbrella Stage Company's HAIRSPRAY
In most, if not all, other mountings of “Hairspray: The Broadway Musical,” Tracy Turnblad is tucked under her bedcovers when audiences first see the young heroine, ready to show off her high-teased bouffant and let loose with the first notes of the rousing opener, “Good Morning, Baltimore.
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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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Cirque Alice The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (1/29-1/31) |
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Beetlejuice, Jr. The Company Theatre (11/06-11/08) |
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Blade Runner Live Emerson Colonial Theater (10/31-10/31) |
