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The Queen Brings The Buzz: 'As Bees In Honey Drown'

by Nancy Grossman — October 29, 2007
Douglas Carter Beane's satire stings our celebrity-crazed culture and the media that drive it ...

New England Premiere of 'Dying City' at Lyric Stage

by Nancy Grossman — October 25, 2007
Christopher Shinn's psychological drama delves into secrets, lies, and betrayals to explore the impact of wars, both public and private ...

'Two Can Play' at The Providence Black Rep

by Randy Rice — October 16, 2007
Trevor Rhone sets 'Two Can Play', in Kingston, Jamaica in the mid-late 1970s. The themes of wanting a better life for your family, being treated as an equal and being fulfilled, are universal. ...

The Pursuit of Happiness: Laughing Liberally

by Nancy Grossman — October 12, 2007
Merrimack Repertory Theatre's 29th season opens with the regional premiere of the second installment of local playwright Richard Dresser's 'happiness trilogy' about class in America...

2nd Story's 'Gross Indecency:' The 3 Trials of Oscar Wilde

by Randy Rice — October 7, 2007
The Bristol Statehouse is the stage for this stellar production of Gross Indecency. 107 years after his death, Oscar Wilde still fascinates....

Forever Plaid: Welcome to the Fifties

by Jan Nargi — October 3, 2007
Small show fills North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Mass. with big heart and beautiful sound...

tick, tick…BOOM! Blows The Lid Off

by Nancy Grossman — October 3, 2007
The time is 1990 and the place is New York City. The story has been told many times before, but not quite like this. A struggling artist strives to follow his dream and fulfill his promise to write the great American musical with a self-imposed deadline of age 30. Talk about your biological clocks! ...

'39 Steps' Delivers 100s of Laughs

by Jan Nargi — September 30, 2007
Tongue-in-cheek homage to Alfred Hitchcock is also a madcap celebration of theater as Broadway-bound British comedy turns suspense movie send-up into outrageous vaudeville...

Boston Touring Company Is 'Wicked' Good

by Jan Nargi — September 28, 2007
Excellent cast makes the national touring production of the blockbuster Broadway hit 'Wicked' a powerful and intense recreation with its own personality and charms...

The World Goes 'Round: The Music of Kander and Ebb

by Nancy Grossman — September 26, 2007
Foothills Theatre opens 2007-2008 season with revue of songs by popular Broadway composing duo. ...

Women Drive New Rep's 'Streetcar'

by Nancy Grossman — September 21, 2007
Tennessee Williams' masterpiece is the ideal choice to open the season of works exploring the theme of isolation and connection ...

Man of La Mancha: A Glorious Quest

by Nancy Grossman — September 13, 2007
Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos launches his 10th Anniversary Season at The Lyric Stage Company with a conviction that art transcends hopelessness and mounts a stirring Man of La Mancha to prove his premise ...
The Gamm's The Elephant Man

The Gamm's The Elephant Man

by Randy Rice — September 13, 2007
Artistic Director Tony Estella presents a beautiful production of Bernard Pomerance's play based on the life of John Merrick...

Something for Everyone at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by Randy Rice — September 3, 2007
From emerging new talent to the legends, the 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival brings the artists and the crowds....

Waning Days of Summer in Maine 'On Golden Pond'

by Nancy Grossman — August 30, 2007
Historic theatre hosts 8th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival, bringing award-winning Broadway drama and Equity casts to the Pine Tree State. John Cariani's 'Almost, Maine' concludes the four-week event over Labor Day weekend....

Mazzie and Mitchell Swing Gershwin at Tanglewood

by Jan Nargi — August 28, 2007
The Boston Pops closed out its 2007 Tanglewood season on Sunday, August 26, with a swinging tribute to George Gershwin that featured Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano and the vocals of Broadway's Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell....

'The Widow's Blind Date' Not a Trifling Tryst

by Nancy Grossman — August 23, 2007
Complex characters and local flavor pair off in Israel Horovitz's gripping drama at Gloucester Stage Company...

The 'Autumn' of Their Discontent

by Jan Nargi — August 22, 2007
Williamstown Theatre Festival ends season with a well-acted but only partially satisfying production of Lillian Hellman's 'The Autumn Garden'...

2nd Story's State of the Union

by Randy Rice — August 12, 2007
2nd Story Theatre in Warren, RI may have exceeded its artistic reach with the second in a summer series of plays....

The Re-opening of Theatre By The Sea

by Randy Rice — August 12, 2007
It was a night of successes, big and small, personal, professional and public. Theatre by the Sea, the venerable Rhode Island institution that had been shuttered since 2003, officially re-opened on Friday night....

This "Party" Needs a New Caterer

by Jan Nargi — August 7, 2007
There's not enough meat to satisfy the guests of 'Party Come Here,' Daniel Goldfarb and David Kirshenbaum's new musical which recently received its world premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts...

Literary Giants Grace Gloucester Stage

by Jan Nargi — August 3, 2007
TV and film star Lindsay Crouse as Emily Dickinson, Paul O'Brien as George Bernard Shaw, and Sandra Shipley as famed actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell share intimate conversations in 'The Belle of Amherst' and 'Dear Liar' performing in repertory at Massachusetts' Gloucester Stage...

La Cage aux Folles: A Very Special Creation

by Nancy Grossman — July 26, 2007
Go for the costumes, go for the music, and go for the amazing Zaza (aka James Beaman) - you'll have a ball without the beach ...

Classic Treatment for "The King and I"

by Jan Nargi — July 20, 2007
Stellar singing, vibrant costumes and original choreography spark the Waltham, Mass., Reagle Players' production of this Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece...

'A Marvelous Party!' Celebrates Coward in Cambridge

by Nancy Grossman — July 18, 2007
I'm Mad About the Boy, but If Love Were All I needn't worry There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner - I'll Sail Away -Has Anybody Seen Our Ship? ...
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