Author Archive

New Lifetime series allows peeks behind curtain

BOSTON — It’s fun to take a peek behind the curtain and see how the theater “sausage” is actually made. Broadway Across America has announced a new collaboration with the award-winning morning show… Continue reading

Company’s ‘Les Miz’ is a creditable production

  NORWELL — When the regional theater rights for the smash-hit musical “Les Miserables” were released, the Company Theatre was one of those bidding to put on the record-breaking show, based on the… Continue reading

Local flavor abounds in GSC’s ‘Auld Lang Syne’

  GLOUCESTER — Hey, Honeydew Donuts, move over. I got your local flavor right here. There will be no faking or fudging of Boston accents — as is often the case when it… Continue reading

Company One’s ‘Astro Boy’ a multimedia marvel

  BOSTON — It its 15 years of existence, the work of the Boston-based theater company Company One has been described in many ways : fresh, original, diverse, provocative. One adjective I’ve never… Continue reading

‘Her Aching Heart’ is just right for summer viewing

  CAMBRIDGE — Fairly or not, romance novels have been seen through the years as something that might be read by those whose own romantic lives at the time might not have been… Continue reading

Delightful ‘Me and My Girl’ is Reagle at its best

WALTHAM — Give Bob Eagle and his Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston credit. He knows what his audiences want and he gives it to them. Even when staging the grandest and biggest… Continue reading

Water world: NSMT’s ‘Mermaid’ is blue heaven

  BEVERLY — Take some Disney magic, add some more magic from the designers and actors at the North Shore Music Theatre, and the theater’s traditional July family musical is a spectacular singing,… Continue reading

Joyous ‘Billy Elliot’ wears its heart on its sleeve

OGUNQUIT, ME –– There are many reasons to visit the beautiful seacoast of Maine this summer, and one of them happens to be theatrical. The Ogunquit Playhouse on Route 1 was one of… Continue reading

‘Little Mermaid’ star is living her dream at NSMT

BEVERLY — Adrienne Eller said when she reported for rehearsals this week for the North Shore Music Theatre’s production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” she was expected to already know her songs.  “Part… Continue reading

Re-imagined ‘Phantom’ remains a great spectacle

  BOSTON — Rarely have a theater and a production been so well-matched. The Boston Opera House, a former vaudeville palace first known as the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, was designed in a… Continue reading