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Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced Its Autumn/Winter 2023-24 season. Learn more about the full lineup here!

In a two-reviews-in-one column critiquing shows from last March, my esteemed editor, Stephen Hanks quoted the poet Robert Browning: “A man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?” Hanks pointed out that Browning's famous line is about setting goals, striving, and ambition, all of which are commendable desires. But, alas, in this particular review he felt the two singers in question “fell short.” One of those singers was Shana Farr and the show she has been performing throughout the past year, In The Still of the Night: Music of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. So here we are a year later, immersed in the revelry of the 2015 award season celebrating excellence in cabaret, and Farr's uniquely theatrical homage to Coward and Porter has recently won her the 2015 Bistro Award for “Outstanding Concept Show.” In spite of my editor's previous reservations about this show, he was open to hearing another perspective—whether positive or negative—so off to the Laurie Beechman Theatre I ventured on the last day of February to find out for myself whether Shana's show was truly award-worthy. Sorry, oh editor of mine, but you might have missed the boat on this one.

Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) has added one additional performance, Sunday December 20th at 7 pm, to accommodate the demand for their acclaimed production of So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).

Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) has added one additional performance, Sunday December 20th at 7 pm, to accommodate the demand for their acclaimed production of So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).

Watertown theater bids farewell to artistic director Rick Lombardo as it mounts the final production of his 13-year tenure