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'Secret Order': Theatre of Highest Order at Merrimack Rep

by Nancy Grossman — May 6, 2007
The search for the cure for cancer raises issues of medical ethics, power, and money, all wrapped up in a potent production in Lowell...
Compelling Confessions an Authentically Worthy Experience

Compelling Confessions an Authentically Worthy Experience

by Olena Ripnick — April 30, 2007
Confessions of a Mormon Boy, Steven Fales's strikingly honest one man show about his struggle as a Mormon coming to terms with his sexual identity, is a compelling piece of theatre......

All About Us: Missing Its Wisdom Teeth

by Jan Nargi — April 24, 2007
The Joseph Stein/Kander & Ebb musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' lacks the sharp bite of the ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize-winning original...

Miss Witherspoon: Labor Pains on the Astral Plane

by Jan Nargi — April 21, 2007
Christopher Durang's metaphysically morbid comedy - where worlds, religions and reincarnations collide - gets sparkling treatment by Boston's Lyric Stage...

Serving Time on the Jury: Judging Aggie

by Nancy Grossman — April 20, 2007
Agatha Christie classic is full of twists and turns, but verdict is mixed....

Huntington Presents a Flawed 'Persephone'

by Olena Ripnick — April 23, 2007
There are many ways to describe my feelings after the close of the Huntington Theatre Company's Persephone, but one word sums it up best-empty....

Well: Laughter Is Good Medicine

by Jan Nargi — April 19, 2007
Lisa Kron's delightful autobiographical comedy about mothers, daughters, and the special ties that bind combines the theatricality of life and the dynamics of theater to explore health, wellness, and the ways in which we deal with both...

2nd Story's Major Barbara

by Randy Rice — April 10, 2007
George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara explores themes that are as relevant in 2007 as they were in 1905...

Review: Trinity Rep's The Fantasticks

by Randy Rice — April 8, 2007
Tony Award Winning Set Designer Eugene Lee has incorporated pieces of the old Rocky Point Midway to bring amazing, local, authenticity to the beloved musical...

'Syncopation' Dances to the Stars - and Moon

by Nancy Grossman — March 30, 2007
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

by Randy Rice — March 30, 2007
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

by Jan Nargi — March 28, 2007
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

by Nancy Grossman — March 25, 2007
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

by Jan Nargi — March 10, 2007
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

by Jan Nargi — March 9, 2007
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!

by Nancy Grossman — March 6, 2007
Oh,boy! Rave on - the music of Buddy Holly does not fade away......

Trinty Rep's A Delicate Balance

by Randy Rice — February 24, 2007
Kevin Moriarity directs a solid, though not stellar, production of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance...

Lovers And Other Strange Happenings In 'Almost, Maine'

by Nancy Grossman — February 21, 2007
SpeakEasy Stage presents Boston premiere of Maine native's play...

Providence Black Rep's Black Maria

by Randy Rice — February 15, 2007
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

by Jan Nargi — February 8, 2007
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)'

by Nancy Grossman — February 7, 2007
They're all in there, but don't discard your CliffsNotes!...

Review: 2nd Story's A Flea In Her Ear

by Randy Rice — February 5, 2007
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

by Olena Ripnick — February 2, 2007
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... ...
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