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Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Shakespeare & Company

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt — July 21, 2025

Epstein, who noted he and Coleman have collectively directed more than 20 productions of ROMEO AND JULIET, said this production explores the pursuit of delight within a difficult and warring world.

Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Berkshire Theatre Group

Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Berkshire Theatre Group

by Marc Savitt — July 6, 2025

Over the course of the immensely entertaining and enjoyable, frenetically paced, roughly hour and a half presentation (without intermission), I smiled, nodded, laughed a great deal, cried to a much lesser degree, and felt seen, heard, and understood.

Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE Makes New Memories at Gloucester Stage

Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE Makes New Memories at Gloucester Stage

by R. Scott Reedy — June 24, 2025

Tennessee Williams found fame with 1944’s “The Glass Menagerie,” which is considered to be one of the gifted playwright’s most notable works along with “A Streetcar Named Desire, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Sweet Bird of Youth.

Review: N/A - A NEW PLAY at Barrington Stage Company

Review: N/A - A NEW PLAY at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt — June 14, 2025

N/A is a gripping two-hander that imagines a fictional meeting between two powerhouse women in American politics: one, a seasoned Speaker of the House; the other, a newly elected congresswoman with a disruptive streak.

Review: Orville Peck Celebrated PRIDE NIGHT AT POPS

Review: Orville Peck Celebrated PRIDE NIGHT AT POPS

by R. Scott Reedy — June 10, 2025

Orville Peck didn’t put his feet up on a recent night off from “Cabaret” – instead he planted them firmly onstage with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, to headline the orchestra’s second annual Pride Night.

Review: Greater Boston Stage Company's LITTLE SHOP of Delights

Review: Greater Boston Stage Company's LITTLE SHOP of Delights

by R. Scott Reedy — June 9, 2025

The fragrant aroma wafting through Greater Boston Stage Company these days isn’t only the scent of the nearby florist, it’s also the sweet smell of the success that the Stoneham company is having with its wondrously well done production of “Little Shop of Horrors.

Review: The Huntington's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is Sweepingly Cinematic

Review: The Huntington's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is Sweepingly Cinematic

by R. Scott Reedy — May 21, 2025

The 1962 feature film “Light in the Piazza” was shot on location at the Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the Via Veneto and Roma Ostiense railway station in Rome, making its technicolor splendor a hard act to follow when the story, based on a 1960 novella by Elizabet

Review: Cynthia Erivo Brings Her Star Power to OPENING NIGHT AT POPS

Review: Cynthia Erivo Brings Her Star Power to OPENING NIGHT AT POPS

by R. Scott Reedy — May 13, 2025

Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops set the mood for the recent Opening Night at Pops, featuring the luminous Cynthia Erivo, with a rhythmic “The Club” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” and the rousing “Gotta Dance” medley from “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.

Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company's JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING

Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company's JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING

by R. Scott Reedy — May 11, 2025

And when it comes to the humble Harlem hair salon in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, now in its New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage in the Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, through May 31, make that something to marvel at.

Review: Make a Reservation at THE SPITFIRE GRILL

Review: Make a Reservation at THE SPITFIRE GRILL

by R. Scott Reedy — May 9, 2025

The musical “The Spitfire Grill” – with book and music by James Valcq and lyrics by the late Fred Alley, who also co-wrote the book – perfectly captures the small-town ethos of its rural Gilead, Wisconsin, setting.

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