CAMBRIDGE – History belongs to the historians. But stories belong to the storytellers. So Lin-Manuel Miranda can remake the story of one of the Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, in his own image and… Continue reading
BOSTON — It is hard to overstate what a sensation “Riverdance” caused more than a generation ago. After its debut in 1995, it became an international phenomenon and spawned a whole new appreciation of… Continue reading
BOSTON – A masterpiece written onto a masterpiece. Playwright Matthew López has used an acclaimed century-old work as a template and a canvas on which to paint his own sprawling, vital work about… Continue reading
ACTON – The death of the brilliant Stephen Sondheim last November was a body blow to the theater world, even if he had a well-lived life that spanned 91 years. It also rekindled… Continue reading
BOSTON – Acclaimed director Spiro Veloudos has brought the band back together again. And boy, do they sound great. Veloudos, now the Producing Artistic Director Emeritus at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston,… Continue reading
BOSTON – It’s a simple equation: Family = friction. It can be like kindling when three siblings and their mother “voluntarily” spend a week together, even in the nicest of places and at… Continue reading
STONEHAM – The remaking of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed British sleuth Sherlock Homes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson into a female duo in April 2018 offered theater-goers at the Greater Boston… Continue reading
BOSTON –Some theater purists early on sneered at shows that became known as “jukebox musicals,” complete with ready-made scores generated by the subject – or subjects – of the piece. Early examples included… Continue reading
BOSTON – There is something about a steel pan, the Caribbean beat and the sheer joy of “We Dance,” the opening number of the musical “Once on This Island,” now being performed by… Continue reading
BOSTON – When acclaimed writer-director Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”) was first approached about bringing Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the Broadway stage, he was convinced it was “a suicide mission.”… Continue reading