Review: Apollinaire Theatre's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
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Review: Aimee Doherty Hits Homer with PENELOPE
At this time last year, the American Repertory Theater was premiering a stirring new dramatic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by actor and playwright Kate Hamill, which moved back and forth between King Odysseus and Queen Penelope during a three-hour production with two intermissions.
Review: 15TH ANNUAL 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
In the past, I have compared the 10x10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL to dining at a Tapas restaurant, and it is.
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Actors' Shakespeare Project
Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series.
Review: A Startling THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater
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Review: AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre
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Review: A Thrilling JOB at SpeakEasy Stage Company
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Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is Gorgeously Sung at the Citizens Opera House
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?
Review: NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SETH MACFARLANE AND THE BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice.
Review: A Taut IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company
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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
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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.
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.
Review: The Umbrella Stage Company's TICK, TICK...BOOM! Rocks Out with Meaning
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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,
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |
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Sasha Velour: Travesty The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (9/26-9/26) |
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Unorthodox Huntington Theatre (5/06-6/06) |
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Boston Center for the Arts (10/22-10/25) |
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Wicked Boston Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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Celebrating Jewish Plays Tina Packer Playhouse (10/09-10/11) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/10-11/14) |
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The Nutcracker The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (11/27-11/29) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (All audience members regardless of age must have a ticket. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |
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Martha Graham Dance Company The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/24-4/24) |