Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project Has Glint of Greatness
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Review: Dramatic Musical SWEPT AWAY Stays Afloat with Score by The Avett Brothers
The musical “Swept Away” tells the story of four whalers shipwrecked off New Bedford in 1888, making it especially resonant for local audiences, who can experience the musical drama in a well crafted New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company in the Virginia Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwo
Review: WHO IS EARTHA MAE? at The Brickbox Theater
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you say the name Eartha Kitt? Those of us who are even remotely familiar with the late singer-dancer-actress will most likely say Catwoman, the iconic feline femme fatale she portrayed in the 1967 season of the ‘Batman’ television series, or her o
Review: Matthew Lombardo's WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL Slays with Laughter
Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically an
Review: Eddie Shields Excels in BREAKING THE CODE
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Review: Lyric Stage Boston's Latest Is ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
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Review: Full House Enjoys AN EVENING WITH DIONNE WARWICK at Groton Hill Music Center
As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation.
Review: Nothing to Protest in SUFFS
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Review: THE ANTIQUITIES Looks Back from the Future at SpeakEasy Stage
Playwright Jordan Harrison’s 2025 drama “The Antiquities” – being given a fine New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 28 – uses history to explore where things went wrong.
Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK Brings Spine-Tingling Thrills to Stoneham
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Review: Umbrella Stage Company's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Keeps Harper Lee Classic Vividly Alive
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature
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
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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
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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
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Review: Jessica Vosk Brings Music and Mirth to Berklee Performance Center With SLEIGH
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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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Little Bear Ridge Road SpeakEasy Stage Company (1/29-2/20) |
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Unorthodox Huntington Theatre (5/06-6/06) |
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Mexodus American Repertory Theater (12/04-1/10) |
