BEVERLY — Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs are the theatrical equivalents of “one-hit wonders.” They had an idea for a musical with music from the late 50s and characters from the golden days… Continue reading
WALTHAM — When live theater is at its best, the energy flows back and forth between the audience and the performers, and they feed off each other. That was the case at… Continue reading
GLOUCESTER — In baseball, when a pitch is in a batter’s “wheelhouse,” you expect him to hit it out. In acting, when a play is in the actor’s wheelhouse, you expect he… Continue reading
BEVERLY — “Grease” is an iconic American musical, a symbol of a time — America in the late 1950’s — when the music and dance scenes were exploding with pent-up energy in the… Continue reading
BOSTON — Directors have told me that when you’re performing theater outdoors — and presumably, as always, playing to the last person in the last row — that actors’ gestures and expressions… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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