By Rich Fahey NORWELL – “Born To Do This” is a remarkable theatrical achievement. The Company Theatre is presenting a full-length world premiere rock opera on the life of Joan of Arc, and… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey WALTHAM – Rachel Bertone has gracefully picked up the baton Robert Eagle put down after 52 years leading the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston. Eagle retired in June 2021,… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – In the summer of 2013, a fledgling theater company engaged one of the leading lights in the Boston theater community to help get the company off the ground.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey PLYMOUTH – On Broadway, “Big Fish” was a fish out of water, so to speak. The musical opened in 2013 to mixed reviews and ran for only three months. The… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – “The Sound of Music” will turn 64 this November, the very definition of a senior citizen. Then how can it be that it still feels fresh and new,… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – An intimate, comfortable, beautifully air-conditioned theater. Two accomplished artists re-interpreting the works of two of America’s greatest composers, doing so with great panache and a sense of humor.… Continue reading
BEVERLY – The singer/songwriter Carole King has penned more than 400 songs that have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists, but it took her many years to figure out who was the… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE — Even seen through wisps of smoke, a new Argentina emerged on stage. The American Repertory Theater’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Evita” is the vision of… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The artistry of Cirque du Soleil, combined with its matchless production values – music, lighting, costumes, set – sometimes blurs the differences between reality and a dream world.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Sometimes people are like plants. They are born, live and die on the same plot of land and rarely journey very far from it. Even when they want to.… Continue reading