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Review: American Repertory Theater's World Premiere is a Musical WONDER
What did our critic think of WONDER at American Repertory Theater?...
Review: Gold Dust Orphans Sprinkle Holiday Fun with SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF SLEET STREET
What did our critic think of SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF FLEET STREET at Iron Wolf Theatre, South Boston Lithuanian Citizens Association?...
Review: RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?...
Review: Jessica Vosk Brings Music and Mirth to Berklee Performance Center With SLEIGH
What did our critic think of JESSICA VOSK SLEIGH at Berklee Performance Center?...
Review: A SHERLOCK CAROL at Lyric Stage Boston
In playwright Mark Shanahan’s clever “A Sherlock Carol,” now at Lyric Stage Boston through December 21, when self-described “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes hears a knock at his 221B Baker Street door, there’s not a band of Christmas carolers on the other side but rather a visitor ...
Review: The Huntington's FUN HOME Is That and More
What did our critic think of FUN HOME at The Huntington? A funeral home may seem an unlikely setting for a Broadway musical, but it turns out to be an ideal backdrop for the deeply moving “Fun Home.”...
Review: A Wistful SUMMER, 1976 at Central Square Theater
What did our critic think of SUMMER, 1976 at Central Square Theater?...
Review: Little to Marvel at in SpeakEasy Stage's LIZARD BOY
Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of...
Review: Detecting fun in MURDER BY TWO at Greater Boston Stage Company
Musical comedy creators Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair are self-described fans of 1930s screwball comedies, so when the pair decided to collaborate on a musical that only needed two actors and a piano, they asked themselves, “What if the Marx Brothers did an Agatha Christie story?”...
Review: 1999 at WAM Theatre
1999 is well written and multi-layered. The subject matter is troubling and will likely elicit a wide range of responses undoubtedly influenced by one’s individual life experiences. The piece presents audience members with a number of questions that are highly topical and relevant. Like the subjec...
Review: THE CHER SHOW Dazzles at North Shore Music Theatre
What did our critic think of THE CHER SHOW at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?...
Review: MISERY is Anything But at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Whether indie films like “Waitress,” coming-of-age dramas like “The Outsiders,” or comedies like “Beetlejuice,” film-to-stage adaptations most often take the form of Broadway musicals, including Hollywood classics such as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” and mo...
Review: American Repertory Theater's 300 PAINTINGS is Artful Exploration of One Man's Struggle
Emotional breakdowns can forever change a person, often not for the better. For Australian performer Sam Kissajukian, however, a lengthy 2021 manic episode with bipolar disorder upended his life and ultimately set him on a course to a new form of artistic expression....
Review: The Umbrella Stage Company's TICK, TICK...BOOM! Rocks Out with Meaning
What did our critic think of TICK, TICK...BOOM! at The Umbrella Arts Center?...
Review: SARDINES (A COMEDY ABOUT DEATH) Serves Up Laughter and Tears
What did our critic think of SARDINES (A COMEDY ABOUT DEATH) at The Huntington Theatre? Sardines (a comedy about death) runs now at the Maso Studio at the Huntington Theatre through November 16,...
Review: THE COUNTER at The Umbrella Arts Center
What did our critic think of THE COUNTER at The Umbrella Arts Center?...
Review: An Ascendant THE MOUNTAINTOP from Front Porch Arts Collective
Katori Hall’s thought-provoking drama, “The Mountaintop,” being presented by Front Porch Arts Collective in collaboration with Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre, where it is being staged through October 12....
Review: At the Lyric Stage Company, OUR TOWN is Our Story
What did our critic think of OUR TOWN at Lyric Stage Company Of Boston? What makes all worthwhile productions of “Our Town,” like this one, work is what makes the play itself endure. We can relate to Wilder’s characters and connect with their experiences, making the play truly our story in “...
Review: METAMORPHOSES at Berkshire Theatre Group
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....
Review: THE WEEKEND: A STOCKBRIDGE STORY at Barrington Stage Company
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...
Review: PRIMARY TRUST is Superb Opener for SpeakEasy Stage Company's 35th Season
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....
Review: Paul Melendy Takes Flight in FEATHERBABY at Greater Boston Stage Company
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...
Review: PASSENGERS at American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center is Trip Worth Taking
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...
Review: MOTHER PLAY: A Play in Five Evictions at Shakespeare & Company
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....
Review: Ease on Down the Road to THE WIZ at Citizens Opera House
What did our critic think of THE WIZ at Citizens Opera House?...
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Eureka Day Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (6/04-6/20) |
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The Spongebob Musical Stageworks Arts (5/30-6/07) |
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Danish String Quartet: Listen Up! Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (7/31-7/31) |
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Beetlejuice Jr. The Company Theatre (11/06-11/08) |
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Broad Strokes Huntington Theatre (6/04-6/06) |
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Therapy Gecko Live Arts at the Armory (8/30-8/30) |
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Black Uhuru Payomet Performing Arts Center (6/19-6/19) |
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The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series featuring Norm Lewis '62 Center for Theatre & Dance (8/08-8/08) |
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DALLOWAY: FIRST LOVE Gloucester Stage Company (8/13-8/29) |
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