THE UMBRELLA MAINSTAGE THEATER

by R. Scott Reedy - April 22, 2024

Under Larry Sousa’s wonderfully imaginative direction and with his choreography, a 16-person company of some of Boston’s brightest, most versatile performers is bringing the Canadian musical, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Gregg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, to dazzlin...

Review: Gender-Swapped COMPANY Cleverly Reimagines Sondheim Show

by R. Scott Reedy - April 08, 2024

More than 50 years after its original Broadway production, which had a Boston tryout at the Shubert Theatre, the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, with book by George Furth, had its third revival in 2021, in a sprightly, cleverly reimagined, gender-swapped production that won five Tony Awards includ...

Review: ANTHONY RAPP'S WITHOUT YOU Looks at the Joy and Sadness in RENT Star's Life

by R. Scott Reedy - April 06, 2024

What did our critic think of ANTHONY RAPP'S WITHOUT YOU at Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?...

Review: Patti LuPone Splendidly Sings of A LIFE IN NOTES

by R. Scott Reedy - April 03, 2024

In the past few years, Patti LuPone has resigned from Actor’s Equity Association and suspended her legendary Broadway career, but as she proved with her Celebrity Series of Boston performance at Symphony Hall on April 2, the three-time Tony Award winner can still command a concert stage....

Review: ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE delights Sanders Theatre audience

by R. Scott Reedy - March 27, 2024

What did our critic think of ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE at Sanders Theatre? In his eponymous show Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, the performer definitely lives up to the title....

Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company presents a deeply moving COST OF LIVING

by R. Scott Reedy - March 18, 2024

What did our critic think of COST OF LIVING at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?...

Review: The Huntington's JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN Takes Fresh Look at Classic Play

by R. Scott Reedy - March 09, 2024

What did our critic think of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN at The Huntington?...

Review: The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston Presents A First-Rate Production of THIRST

by R. Scott Reedy - March 04, 2024

What did our critic think of THIRST at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?...

Review: Annette Miller Triumphs Again in GOLDA'S BALCONY

by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2024

What did our critic think of GOLDA'S BALCONY at Shakespeare & Company? Golda Meir – Israel’s first, and so far only, female prime minister – was seen by some as the straight-talking grandmother of the Jewish people. In “Golda’s Balcony,” however, Tony Award-winning playwright William Gibson (1914–20...

Review: Compelling transitions abound in A.R.T.'s BECOMING A MAN

by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2024

What did our critic think of BECOMING A MAN at Loeb Drama Center?...

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		Robert Frost: This Verse Business Roberts Studio Theatre at Calderwood Pavilion (4/23 - 4/28) PHOTOS VIDEOS
		The Stands Firehouse Center for the Arts (5/3 - 5/5)
		The Full Monty The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19)
		I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People and The American Songbook St. Luke's Episcopal Church (4/27 - 4/28)
		Domme and Giovanni - a Modern Twist on a Classic Opera La Voile (5/6 - 5/6)
		Disney’s Descendants The Musical The Company Theatre (11/8 - 11/10)
		Clue Emerson Colonial Theatre (4/30 - 5/5)
		Arsenic and Old Lace Belmont Dramatic Club (4/20 - 4/28)
		An Evening with Amor Towles Emerson Colonial Theatre (9/24 - 9/24)
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