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Boston's Best and Brown Come Together for Oct. 24 North Shore Benefit
North Shore Music Theatre's one night only benefit performance of Jason Robert Brown's 'Songs For A New World'--Monday, October 24 at 8 PM at the John Hancock Hall (180 Berkley Street in Boston--For tickets, call 978-232-7200 or visit www.nsmt.org....
"The Boy Friend" Needs a Clearer Sense of Direction
The ensemble of this touring production is on the right track since getting its act together and taking it on the road, but the central love story is still off course...
Touring 'Hairspray' Is a Big Fat Can of Fun
Talent abounds, but a few too many spritzes of megahold have made this stylish do a bit stiff...
Power and Poetry Spice This "Romeo and Juliet"
New Rep inaugurates its new Watertown performing space with equal parts testosterone and rosewater...
A Noble Effort: This 'Camelot' Has Gusto
Gabriel Barre's earthy vision for North Shore Music Theatre's classic offering shakes some cobwebs off this dusty relic...
No Mystery Here: "Drood" Is a Raucous Burlesque
Trinity Rep hammers home the clues in this non-stop musical melodrama...
'Beehive The 60's Musical' Brings Big Buzz to Foothills Theatre Company
'Beehive' offers two hours of total enjoyment...
Hilarious and Heartbreaking, "Theatre District" is a Hit
SpeakEasy Stage Company opens its 15th anniversary season with the East Coast Premiere of Richard Kramer's 'Theatre District.'...
Huntington Stages 'The Real Thing'
'The Real Thing' as presented by the Huntington Theatre Company
is a first rate production of Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning
play....
Stoneham's 'Pal Joey' Lacks, Well, Everything
Stoneham Theatre kicks off their 2005-2006 season with 'Pal Joey,' the ground-breaking Rodgers and Hart musical that centers around a roguish nightclub emcee who ditches his naïve girlfriend to romance a rich older woman, who subsequently finances his lifestyle and business pursuits, until a blackm...
'The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue' – Not as Smart as They Could Be
Jaunty production of 1930s-style comedy based on Molière classic can't overcome Grimm writing...
You're In Good Company With 'Urinetown'
The Lyric Stage Company kicks off their thirty-first season in Boston with 'Urinetown: The Musical,' the Tony award winning show that spoofs the very best of Broadway....
'Abyssinia' Makes a Joyful Noise
Glorious NSMT production raises our hearts and hopes with uplifted voices...
'The Boy Friend' Lacks Onstage Star Power
Goodspeed revival is handsome and rich but needs more personality...
Luster of "Constant Star" Lacking in "Ragtime"
Turn-of-the-century figures inspired recent works at Merrimack and Seacoast Reps...
Goodspeed Musicals Has Rollicking 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
The Oregon Territory, 1850: Where men were brawny, women were pretty, and all the children were named in alphabetical order...
New England Review: Ludwig's 'Shakespeare in Hollywood'
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston's presentation of 'Shakespeare in Hollywood' is a delightful romp through a land of enchantment....
'Take Me Out' Goes Down Swinging in SpeakEasy Production
And it's one, two, three strikes...he's out! At the old ball game....
'Thoroughly Modern Millie' Kicks Off 50th Season in Beverly, MA
Square show doesn't fit round stage of North Shore Music Theatre...
Touring "Little Shop of Horrors" Is Big Supermarket of Shtick
This is your plant. This is your plant on steroids. Any questions?...
'You Never Know' Is a Champagne Toast to American Musicals
Rhode Island's Trinity Rep launches world premiere of Charles Strouse's bubbly new concoction in grand style....
Love among the Ruins: Worcester Foothills Stages Gripping "Miss Saigon"
Contemporary Masterpiece Is a Tragic Clash of Hope and Despair...
'The Cook' Sizzles, 'Anna in the Tropics' Fizzles
Hartford Stage serves up tasty Cuban dish while SpeakEasy's metaphorical cigar story fails to ignite...
Boston's Lyric Stage Baits Audience with "Red Herring"
Great comic cast makes sure this frantic fish story doesn't flounder...
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