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'Syncopation' Dances to the Stars - and Moon
With flawless direction, inventive choreography, and creative design across the board, this play does not miss a beat....
Review: The Gamm's Sin: A Cardinal Deposed
Bernard Law could not have a better representative than Sam Babbitt, who has the unenviable task of portraying the notorious Cardinal...
Barbara Cook: She Still Has the Magic
The legendary Broadway, concert and cabaret star thrilled hundreds of proper Bostonians Saturday night in her 'No One Is Alone' concert at Symphony Hall...
'Fat Pig' Cooks Up Food For Thought
New England premiere of Neil LaBute's Off-Broadway smash at SpeakEasy Stage Company entertains, discomfits, and asks the question: does size matter?...
Touring "Scoundrels" Amuses but Doesn't Romp
Slightly subdued road company needs a bit more rüffhousin' to match the manic merriment of Broadway's outlandish con job...
Famous Figures, Fond Memories, and Farm Hands
Boston area theaters mount a weighty 'Orson's Shadow,' a delightful 'Souvenir' and a quietly powerful 'Grapes of Wrath'...
Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay!
Oh,boy! Rave on - the music of Buddy Holly does not fade away......
Trinty Rep's A Delicate Balance
Kevin Moriarity directs a solid, though not stellar, production of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance...
Lovers And Other Strange Happenings In 'Almost, Maine'
SpeakEasy Stage presents Boston premiere of Maine native's play...
Providence Black Rep's Black Maria
The Providence Black Repertory Company has created a production that is so innovative as to be in a category by itself, locally...
Touring "Doubt" Has Cherry on Top
Superb cast brings John Patrick Shanley's award-winning play to life in thought-provoking and moving production...
'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)'
They're all in there, but don't discard your CliffsNotes!...
Review: 2nd Story's A Flea In Her Ear
2nd Story Theatre presents a hugely amusing, over-the-top production, of Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear...
A.R.T.'s 'Britannicus' Misses the Mark
Power. Lust. Greed. Betrayal. Murder.
They key ingredients for any good drama are alive and well in Britannicus, Jean Racine's seventeenth century play of corruption and deception in the Julio-Claudian Dynasty... ...
Review: Trinity Rep's Our Town
Director Brian McEleney obviously has great affection for this play. He has created a layered, multi-dimensional production of Our Town. ...
'The Cherry Orchard' Feeds the Senses, Nourishes the Soul
Chekhov, Burton, Martin, Nelson and company provide a theatre experience that reminds us why we go to see live theatre...
"Rose" Portrays a Life of Heartbreak, Humor and Survival
Olympia Dukakis gives an achingly passionate yet tender performance in her one-woman concert reading of an 80-year-old Jewish woman who journeys from the poverty of the Ukraine to the riches of Miami Beach - and everywhere in between...
Neither Musical Theater nor Opera, It's not What I Wanna See
Lyric Stage gets A for effort, but hard-working cast simply can't lift Michael John LaChiusa's weighty art musical...
Hellfire and Brimstone, 'A' Woman Scorned, But Little Fury
There is guilt and sin aplenty, but little redeeming about 'The Scarlet Letter'...
Three's Company at Publick's 'Design For Living'
'You're making a mistake. You are making a mistake in daring to disapprove of something that has nothing to do with you whatever.' -Otto
This is the mistake we are all guilty of, and the one which Noel Coward's 'Design For Living' is attempting to ameliorate. The Publick Theatre, known for their ...
"Santaland Diaries" Is Elfin Good Time
John Kuntz spices up the holiday season with something naughty and nice in Boston's New Rep staging of David Sedaris' fisheye look at Christmas through the Macy's Department Store window...
ART Scores A Hit With 'The Onion Cellar'
Is it a play? A rock musical? A cabaret? A series of overlapping vignettes set to a Dresden Dolls score? A performance piece? I'm not quite sure what to call The Onion Cellar, but I do know that I absolutely loved every minute of it......
Review: Liza Minnelli at Mohegan Sun Arena
Liza Minnelli showed the audience why, even now, there is 'Liza' and then there is 'everyone else'....
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