Review: Lyric Stage Company's TROUBLE IN MIND Proves Playwright Stood Her Ground for Good Reason
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Review: A.R.T. Has a Hit with World Premiere Of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL
What did our critic think of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL at Loeb Drama Center? The American Repertory Theater’s world-premiere production of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” – at Cambridge’s Loeb Drama Center through January 21 – proves that a serious story about the very re
Review: Midwinter Revels: The Feast of Fools A Medieval Celebration of the Solstice
It would take more than the fingers on two hands to count all of the holiday entertainment offerings in the Greater Boston area.
Review: A VERY DARREN CRISSMAS Tour Brings Music and Fun to Emerson Colonial Theatre
What did our critic think of A VERY DARREN CRISSMAS! at Emerson Colonial Theatre? Making his way to the stage of the Emerson Colonial Theatre on the recent Boston stop on his “A Very Darren Crissmas!” tour – by going up, down, and around the sold-out venue – Darren Criss transported his eage
Review: North Shore Music Theatre Makes Magic Once Again With A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A MUSICAL GHOST STORY
What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A MUSICAL GHOST STORY at North Shore Music Theatre?
Review: The Huntington's THE HEART SELLERS is warm, humorous, and wonderful
What did our critic think of THE HEART SELLERS at Wimberly Pavilion, Boston Center For The Arts? Whether you spend them alone or with family or friends, the holidays can be emotionally charged times awash in memories, loneliness, and uncertainty.
Review: Boston's Long Wait for THE BAND'S VISIT Rewarded With Great Production
What did our critic think of THE BAND'S VISIT at The Huntington Theatre?
Review: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Is Finely Tuned Vehicle For Actors' Shakespeare Project
What did our critic think of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?
Review: Updated BLUE MAN GROUP Brings Added Merriment to The Charles Playhouse
What did our critic think of BLUE MAN GROUP at The Charles Playhouse? Blue Man Group has been in residence at Boston’s Charles Playhouse for so many years, that – with the exception of tourists and new-to-town college students – it’s probably been a long time since local theatergoers have gi
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Central Square Theater
What did our critic think of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Central Square Theater?
Review: ELVIS: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION at North Shore Music Theatre
What did our critic think of ELVIS: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION at North Shore Music Theatre?
Review: Moonbox Productions presents a splendid SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
What did our critic think of Moonbox Productions' SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Arrow Street Arts?
Review: FAT HAM is a bold, fresh re-imagining of Hamlet
What did our critic think of FAT HAM at the Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?
Review: ASSASSINS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston
What did our critic think of ASSASSINS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?
Review: COPENHAGEN At Berkshire Theatre Group
Michael Fray’s script is brilliant.
Review: POTUS At Speakeasy Stage is a Fast Paced Look At the Behind the Scenes of the White House
It’s well known that running this country as the President of the United States isn’t a one-man job.
Review: With POTUS, SpeakEasy Stage Company Finds the Laughs in Politics
What did our critic think of POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?
Review: With PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Boston Has its First Must-See New Play of The Fall Season
What did our critic think of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at The Huntington Theatre? The Joshua Harmon play “Prayer for the French Republic” – now being given a superbly rendered production by the Huntington – raises questions that have faced the Jewish people for generations, chief among
Review: THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL is a Compelling Blend of Myth and Reality
What did our critic think of THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL at The Loeb Drama Center?
Review: ON CEDAR STREET at Berkshire Theatre Group
Berkshire Audiences are fortunate that we often have opportunities to experience world premiere presentations like ON CEDAR STREET.
Review: THE DING DONGS Are Not Selling Avon
Despite its somewhat whimsical title, playwright Brenda Withers has crafted a taut story that is more dramatic cat-and-mouse game than comedic Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Director Rebecca Bradshaw’s previous experience mounting the play at the Kitchen Theatre Company with this same trio of act
Review: GOLDA'S BALCONY at Shakespeare & Company
Annette Miller is outstanding.
Review: FAITH HEALER at Barrington Stage Company
Friel harnesses the power of story telling common to both that culture and contemporary theater to weave a tightly woven tapestry with such depth, richness, and color it could easily be compared to the work of the great impressionist painters.
Review: FENCES at Shakespeare & Company
Audience members quickly engage with the characters before them virtually free of any doubt or distraction.
Review: BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at Barrington Stage Company
While I won’t go so far as to say this is a must-see, it is most certainly one that should be seen.
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |
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Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™ Vokes Theatre (8/30-8/30) |
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Hadestown Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/10-11/14) |
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CIVIL SPIES™ MIT Endicott House (9/17-9/17) |
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By Any Other Name SpeakEasy Stage Company (5/07-5/29) |
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Unorthodox Huntington Theatre (5/06-6/06) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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Mamma Mia! Boston Opera House (4/13-4/25) |
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Boston Center for the Arts (10/22-10/25) |
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Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet Huntington Theatre (3/04-3/07) |