BOSTON – A critic’s full disclosure: I didn’t have the highest of expectations for the national touring production of “Cheers Live on Stage” at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre. The show… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – With the Apple family, it’s not about the destination, but the journey. The series of four plays by Richard Nelson are all about small pleasures – such as eating and drinking… Continue reading
BOSTON – For actor Greg Maraio and playwright Joshua Harmon, the current SpeakEasy Stage Company production of “Significant Other” at the Calderwood Pavilion of the BCA could constitute a breakout performance and play,… Continue reading
BOSTON – It can be said that “Company” ushered in a new kind of musical in 1970, a very adult, sleek, sophisticated look at relationships as seen through the eyes of a thirty-something… Continue reading
BEVERLY – What is it about tap dancing that makes us want to don a pair of tap shoes and strut our stuff? When one – or several, preferably – tap dancers strut… Continue reading
WALTHAM – Robert Eagle, the producing artistic director of the Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham, has formed many long-term relationships with actors, directors and designers during the 48 years he has been… Continue reading
NORWELL – When the weather gets hotter, the shows should get lighter. “Death of a Salesman” doesn’t sell well in the summer, when our mood is lighter and sunnier. What do we want?… Continue reading
BOSTON – You don’t actually have to be a great lover of Shakespeare to enjoy Shakespeare in the Park. Just being on the lawn of America’s oldest public park on a perfect summer… Continue reading
BOSTON – In the years when I was working nights and couldn’t sleep, I would stumble onto movies about a Chinese-American, Honolulu-based detective named Charlie Chan. The early movies featured East Asian actors,… Continue reading
OGUNQUIT, ME. – When Disney Theatrical, the live theater arm of the Disney Corp., came into being, it found gold in converting Disney’s successful animated film musicals into live stage productions. The third… Continue reading