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Front Porch’s ‘Musketeers’ cuts a wide swath

STONEHAM – It is theater’s summer season, and area theaters have taken notice. For their first collaboration, the newly-established Front Porch Arts Collective and the Greater Boston Stage Company have selected a sure-fire… Continue reading

A musical fantasy recalls a dark day for gays

BOSTON – As the celebration of Boston’s annual Pride Week continued on the streets of the city, a group of actors were observing the occasion in a very different way: By retelling the… Continue reading

25 years later, you’re looking good, ‘Oklahoma!’  

BEVERLY – The farmers and the cowboys had not been seen on the stage of the North Shore Music Theatre for a quarter-century. NSMT Producer/Owner Bill Hanney celebrated their return and the 10th… Continue reading

It’s just the right time for fast, funny ‘Hamlet’

BOSTON – It is finally summertime and, as George Gershwin wrote, the living is easy. And theater companies that had been staging heavy-handed dramas such as — I don’t know, say “Hamlet” —… Continue reading

‘We Live in Cairo’: A promising, imperfect debut

CAMBRIDGE – It was the first revolution that played itself out on social media, and brought one million people out to raise their voices and topple a regime. And it was one picture… Continue reading

Sparkling ‘Overtures’ serves as a Sondheim coda

  BOSTON – American foreign policy is often not as enlightened as we would like it to be. As with anything else, follow the money, and you’ll be able to decipher the motives… Continue reading

African teens face off in Speakeasy’s ‘School Girls’

BOSTON – You can say a lot with humor. When people are laughing, it’s a great opportunity to make your point – or a series of points. Playwright/actress Jocelyn Bioh was very aware… Continue reading

‘Kinky Boots’ is a musical with heart and sole

BOSTON – “Kinky Boots” may be a musical sending a message, but the message is wrapped so lovingly in a bouncy pop-rock score, high-energy choreography and a winning, funny book that the audience… Continue reading

‘The Inspector Calls’ makes a welcome return

BOSTON – Who doesn’t love a classic Edwardian thriller? The classics stand the test of time. Among them is “An Inspector Calls,” the J.B. Priestley play first produced in 1945 and now being… Continue reading

Broadway in Boston announces 2019-20 season

Boston, MA –Broadway In Boston, Boston’s mainstage for Broadway, has unveiled the upcoming 2019-2020 Lexus Broadway Season during its annual announcement event at the Citizens Bank Opera House. Ten theatrical productions will take… Continue reading