Many hands have kept NSMT’s ‘Christmas Carol’ singing
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – Jon Kimbell recalls there was a lot riding on that first performance of “A Christmas Carol” at the North Shore Music Theatre on Dec. 7, 1989. “The entire… Continue reading
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Groundbreaking Ufot Family Cycle launches this fall
BOSTON – It is an initiative groundbreaking in both its length and breadth, a nine-play cycle to be performed over the next two years all across Greater Boston at a large variety of… Continue reading
Ripley, McDaniel to perform at free BPL event Friday
BOSTON — Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Best Actress in a Musical for “Next to Normal”) and Grammy Award winner John McDaniel (Best Musical Show Album for “Annie Get Your Gun”) will appear… Continue reading
An ever-growing family helps this ‘Carol’ sing
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY — Hundreds of actors may have come and gone since the North Shore Music Theatre started performing its own adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in 1989, but… Continue reading
Robbins works overtime to keep doo-wop alive
By Rich Fahey Harvey Robbins is the first to admit that the genre of music he has been tirelessly promoting for 30 years pretty much ended 60 years ago. “Doo-wop died with the… Continue reading
‘The Art of the Brick’ exhibit opens in Boston
BOSTON – Can a child’s toy inspire great art? One man set out to find the answer. LEGOS have been around since 1949 and first sold in the U.S. in 1962. In the… Continue reading
Hub goes ‘Into the Breeches!’ to close its season
BOSTON — Hub Theatre Company of Boston will close its 10th season with the Boston premiere of award-winning playwright George Brant’s Into The Breeches!. Directed by local favorite Bryn Boice, this show is the company’s debut production… Continue reading
A holiday treat: Lunch with Scrooge and Dilber
BEVERLY – Milestones are so much a part of our lives. From birth to death, we chronicle major events, marriages, anniversaries, birthdays and other special occasions. For actors, being part of a show… Continue reading
Theater owner Hanney plants his flag on The Cape
HYANNIS — One of the busiest men in the theater business has decided to add another hat. Bill Hanney, the award-winning owner-producer of the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly and Theatre by… Continue reading
Talented kids rule the roost in ‘School of Rock’
BOSTON – “Never work with children or animals” is attributed to the late actor/comedian W.C. Fields, lamenting the scene-stealing that goes on when adults work alongside them. Fields probably would have said that… Continue reading