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‘Good People’: A Southie you’ll want to visit

BOSTON — You don’t have to have born down on A Street or raised down on B Street to enjoy the Huntington Theatre’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People.” The native of South… Continue reading

Woodstock to Waltham: Sha Na Na at Reagle Sat.

WALTHAM – Yes, like everyone else in the Northeast who was in their late teens at the time, I almost went to Woodstock in 1969. And like everyone else, I might have been… Continue reading

Lyric’s ‘Mikado’: Some very inspired silliness

BOSTON — There is something to be said for two and a half hours of inspired silliness. “The Mikado,” now playing at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, in the most beloved of… Continue reading

‘No Room for Wishing’: Going inside the tents

BOSTON — From October to December 2011, they were a daily feature on the news: the community of tents and tarps on parkland in the Financial District of Boston, better known as Dewey… Continue reading

Another star falls, but NSMT lands on its feet

BEVERLY — North Shore Music Theatre owner Bill Hanney is not taking any more calls from doctors or chiropractors. Not after he recently lost a second leading lady to a back injury. Lorna… Continue reading

GSC’s comic ‘Crimes’ will win your heart

GLOUCESTER — Dysfunction, thy name is Magrath. And dysfunction can be a lot of fun in Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, “Crimes of the Heart,” which has a warm, winning production at… Continue reading

‘Marie’: The regrets of a reviled royal

CAMBRIDGE — Playwright David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” is an entertaining and incisive look at history’s most reviled royal. “Marie” is having its world premiere at the Loeb Drama Center in a co-production by… Continue reading

The rise of the mid-sized lifts all boats (revised)

Theirs is a friendly rivalry, but at events such as the Nortons and the IRNE Awards, teeth are bared and fraternizing with the enemy is frowned upon. Boston’s theater scene includes a number… Continue reading

NSMT’s ‘All Shook Up’ had them standing up

BEVERLY — Starting a musical with a parcel of Elvis Presley hits is like a baseball pitcher starting an at-bat with an 0-2 count on the hitter. Now that that is settled, it’s… Continue reading

Reagle is accustomed to Pfisterer’s face

WALTHAM — Broadway actress Sarah Pfisterer has become closely identified with the Reagle Music Theatre, shining in a long succession of roles over the past decade. Think David Coffee and George Dvorsky at… Continue reading