BWW Review: HEARTLAND: What's Going On?
HEARTLAND conjures up an image of amber waves of grain and purple mountains majesties.
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BWW Review: Manual Cinema's THE END OF TV: Silhouettes on the Shade
Around this time last year, Chicago-based theatre troupe Manual Cinema made its debut appearance at ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage with a five-day run of ADA/AVA.
BWW Review: THE WOLVES: Empowered By The Pack
The 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama is a compelling production at the Lyric Stage Company with an all-female team of director, designers, and actors.
BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2: Nora Drops In, Torvald Drops Jaw
Nearly a century and a half after Nora Helmer walked out on her husband Torvald and their three children in Henrik Ibsen's 1879 classic A DOLL'S HOUSE, playwright Lucas Hnath proposes a well-thought reply to the speculation of what became of her in A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2.
BWW Review: Boston Opera House Welcomes CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY National Tour
The Boston premiere of the US National Tour of Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY opened at the Boston Opera House this week, just a year after the Broadway production closed.
BWW Review: Sounds of Silence Resonate in SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents Boston premiere of Bess Wohl's 2015 Off-Broadway comedy with a stellar cast of locals under the masterful direction of M.
BWW Review: BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES: Conversations and Coiffures
BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES takes you on a cultural exchange trip across the continent of Africa, with a side journey to the UK, to meet and listen in on communities of men who go to the barber shop for much more than a shave and a haircut.
BWW Review: WINTER PEOPLE: Burn It Down
Playwright Laura Neill is an angry person who channels her fiery passion onto the page and, ultimately, onto the stage.
BWW Review: 1776: A Musical For The Ages
1776 is a show that appreciates in value and import when viewed in the context of its time.
BWW Review: BREATH & IMAGINATION: Inspired Launch For The Front Porch Arts Collective
The Front Porch Arts Collective partners with the Lyric Stage Company to start their second season with BREATH & IMAGINATION, Daniel Beaty's musical about Roland Hayes.
BWW Review: Ryan Landry Scares Up A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET
If you like a little horror with your ho-ho-ho, then program your GPS to guide your sleigh to Machine in the Fenway where Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans' 2018 Christmas spectacular is A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET, their holiday-themed tribute to '80's slasher films.
BWW Review: MAN IN THE RING Goes The Distance
MAN IN THE RING deserves better than to be described with boxing cliches, but the Huntington Theatre Company production of Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Cristofer's play is a knockout.
BWW Review: EXTRAORDINARY: Celebrating 10 Years of Musical Theater at A.R.T.
The American Repertory Theater looks very different in 2018 after ten years with Artistic Director Diane Paulus at the helm.
BWW Review: Caryl Churchill Two-fer by Commonwealth Shakespeare at Babson College
Renowned British playwright Caryl Churchill is the author of a pair of one-act plays merged into Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's UNIVERSE RUSHING APART: BLUE KETTLE and HERE WE GO, playing through the weekend in the Black Box Theater at Babson College's Sorenson Center for the Arts in Wellesley.
BWW Review: You Can't Go Wrong With THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG gives new meaning to the phrase "brings down the house.
BWW Review: EQUIVOCATION at Actors' Shakespeare Project
At the Saturday afternoon Matinee, at the United Parish Church, Brookline, MA, The Actor's Shakespeare Project presented Bill Cain's Play Equivocation.
BWW Review: MACBETH at Actors' Shakespeare Project
In Saturday Night's performance of Macbeth at The United Parish Church, Brookline, MA, Nael Nacer as Macbeth, (and in an inspired bit of casting as Macduff's son), was truly outstanding, backed by a strong company of actors.
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY at North Shore Music Theatre
The 2003 Broadway Musical Hairspray, with a Tony Award-winning book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan and a Tony Award-winning score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman featuring the hit songs 'Welcome To The '60s,' 'You Can't Stop The Beat,' 'Mamma, I'm A Big Girl Now,' 'I Know Where I've Boon,'
BWW Review: THE ROOMMATE: Strange Middle-aged Bedfellows
It is probably an unintended coincidence that the Lyric Stage Company's production of Jen Silverman's two-hander, THE ROOMMATE, passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors, even as FUN HOME, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel/memoir is onstage down the street at the Boston Center for the Arts.
BWW Review: EMERSON STRING QUARTET AND SHAI WOSNER at Alice Tully Hall At Lincoln Center
The Emerson String Quartet's concert on Sunday, October 21, 2018 was a rich and satisfying chamber music feast.
BWW Review: SpeakEasy Stage's FUN HOME: It's To Die For
FUN HOME is a true story about real people, and Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault's production at SpeakEasy Stage Company, the Boston regional premiere of the 2015 Tony Award-winning musical, will make a believer out of anyone who sets foot in the Roberts Studio Theatre.
BWW Review: THE TRAGIC ECSTASY OF GIRLHOOD: Teen Angels?
Inspired by her experiences working in the recreation department at a youth residential care facility in the Lone Star State, Kira Rockwell has written a fictional story about five adolescent girls that portrays their back stories, personalities, and behaviors with authenticity, while trying to eras
BWW Review: WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: A Rallying Cry For The Resistance
New Repertory Theatre's mission is "to produce plays that speak powerfully to the vital ideas of our time," a statement which they adhere to vigorously.
BWW Review: Gloucester Stage Signs Off 39th Season With World Premiere MY STATION IN LIFE
Simon Geller and WVCA-FM, his one-man classical music radio station, were part of the local color of Gloucester, Massachusetts, for 24 years.
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Alchemy: Classical Meets Jazz Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/13-8/13) |
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The Borromeo: Luminous Beauty Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/07-8/07) |
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JAKE SHIMABUKURO Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/25-8/25) |
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Chris Stapleton Fenway Park (8/15-8/15) |
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Come From Away North Shore Music Theatre (9/16-9/27) VIDEOS |
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Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: Party Animals by Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion Uncomon Corner (7/18-7/18) |
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Therapy Gecko Live Arts at the Armory (8/30-8/30) |
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Celebrating Jewish Plays Tina Packer Playhouse (10/09-10/11) |
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Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in Springfield, MA Symphony Hall (2/21-2/21) |
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Downtown with Imani Winds: Amplify Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/03-8/03) |