Audience feels Merrick’s pain in ‘The Elephant Man’
WATERTOWN — The New Repertory Theatre — aka The House That Rick (Lombardo) Built — has begun its 30th season, now housed in the beautiful confines of the Arsenal Center for the… Continue reading
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‘Miss Daisy’ a warm, wonderful end to GSC season
GLOUCESTER — Many theatergoers earlier in the year circled the last production of the Gloucester Stage Company’s 34th season as an event not be missed. That’s because it was GSC’s production of Alfred… Continue reading
Wild about Harry? ‘Potted Potter’ comes to Boston
The hit off-Broadway show Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff comes to Boston for a limited, three week engagement, playing September 17 through October 6 at… Continue reading
Family-friendly ‘Cats’ still a great spectacle
BEVERLY — There is very little middle ground when it comes to “Cats.“ Either you love it and are happy to see it again and again, or you become dangerous, armed to the… Continue reading
Troubled teens flounder in ‘This is Our Youth’
GLOUCESTER — The characters in Kenneth Lonergan’s “This is Our Youth” are like those gerbils you see on those tiny treadmills in those cages. They seem to be going like hell but… Continue reading
Show’s ‘Wicked’ ways are still spectacular
BOSTON — “It ain’t easy being green,” Kermit the Frog once famously sang. And if you think it’s not easy for a frog, it sure as heck isn’t easy for a young woman,… Continue reading
‘Cavalia’s Odysseo’: Was it a dream or real?
SOMERVILLE — Was it a dream or was it real? You might find yourself asking that after visiting “Cavalia’s Odyyseo,” now being performed through Aug. 25 under the 125-foot-high big top — advertised… Continue reading
‘Much Ado’ is an enchanting afternoon in the woods
LYNN — The Lynn-based arts group Arts After Hours is going into The Woods again. Not to do Sondheim, but, for the second straight summer, Shakespeare. “Much Ado About Northing” is one of… Continue reading
GSC’s revived ‘North Shore Fish’ still packs punch
GLOUCESTER — Where do you go when the music stops playing? And if you’ve had nothing but a tedious dead-end job all your life and even that’s snatched away, where are you? You… Continue reading
Nora finds Ayckbourn’s ‘Absurd’ a good fit
CAMBRIDGE — Some people dread the holidays. Oftentimes they are forced to spend time with people they actually detest, sometimes with very good reason.The bad experiences of one Christmas of Thanksgiving, for example,… Continue reading