Review: THE MOUSETRAP at Berkshire Theatre Group
In the vernacular of the production, everything about it is quite satisfactory.
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Review: THE UNDERSTUDY at Hub Theatre Company of Boston
A Broadway star is not likely to be found running lines with the understudy.
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara Share a Memorable ONE NIGHT ONLY with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood
Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances.
Review: W71 at Williamstown Theatre Festival
Due to scheduling conflicts, I was able to avail myself of only a small sampling of the W71 events during the first weekend of programming.
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Shakespeare & Company
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: FUZZY at Barrington Stage Company
The eleven original songs are pleasant, reminiscent of pop / folk rock, and had my head nodding throughout.
Review: A Stirring EVITA at Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston
What did our critic think of EVITA at Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston? In act two of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical “Evita,” a beleaguered Eva Perón pleads “You Must Love Me.
Review: Gloucester Stage Company Cleans Up with Terrific THE GARBOLOGISTS
Workplace relationships have provided the fodder for plays, movies, and television shows for generations.
Photos: Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Concert With Jessie Mueller At Barrington Stage Co
Sirius XM Radio Broadway Host Seth Rudetsky and Tony Winner Jessie Mueller were on the Boyd-Quinson MainStage at Barrington Stage Company last night as part of BSC’s 2025 Summer Concert Series.
Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Berkshire Theatre Group
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: CAMELOT at Barrington Stage Company
I confess, it was difficult to leave the house on a truly glorious summer Sunday to attend the opening of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot.
Review: THE VICTIM at Shakespeare & Company
THE VICTIM achieves a level of brilliance wherein the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE Makes New Memories at Gloucester Stage
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: Reagle Music Theatre's BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Lives Up to its Name
When it comes to jukebox musicals, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical” is one of the very best – a veritable Wurlitzer 1015.
Review: N/A - A NEW PLAY at Barrington Stage Company
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: HOW TO NOT SAVE THE WORLD WITH MR. BEZOS at Great Barrington Public Theater
HOW TO NOT SAVE THE WORLD WITH MR.
Review: Orville Peck Celebrated PRIDE NIGHT AT POPS
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
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: WAITRESS Serves Up Great Score and More at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre
After its sold-out world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge in 2015, a four-year Broadway run, and a national tour that played Boston’s Citizens Opera House in 2018, the Tony and Grammy Award-nominated musical “Waitress” is open for business in a marvelously entertaining n
Review: American Repertory Theater's TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) is Delicious Treat
The term “rom com” has often been used to describe the musical “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).
Review: THE ELEPHANT MAN at Berkshire Theatre Group
The production is uniformly strong in all respects as is the cast.
Review: Chuang Stage & Company One Theatre's LEARNING HOW TO READ BY MOONLIGHT
History is being made on Broadway this season, with seven performers of Filipino descent simultaneously bringing luster to the stage and ticket buyers to the box office.
Review: The Huntington's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is Sweepingly Cinematic
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: FOUNDING F%!#ERS: THE STORY OF ETHAN ALLEN AND BENEDICT ARNOLD at Greater Boston Stage Company
And if you’re too busy to take your pencils back to school, and maybe not the biggest stickler for accuracy, then you may want to head to Stoneham for “Founding F%!#ers: The Story of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold,” a play by Conor Casey being given its world premiere at Greater Boston Stage
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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) |
