Category Archive: Reviews

Sister, ‘Catechism’ make raucous return to Boston

By Rich Fahey BOSTON  — She’s back. So spit out the gum, sit up straight and prepare to deliver a precise definition of a sacrament. Thirty-one years after “Late Nite Catechism” first arrived… Continue reading →

Huntington, Sorkin team to re-imagine ‘Mockingbird’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – This time, it’s Atticus who may be on trial. And, in Aaron Sorkin’s version, he has questions that have to be answered. Sorkin (“The West Wing”) dramatically reimagined… Continue reading →

Brits invading again with ‘Operation Mincemeat’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The British Invasion Redux. This time, they’re not coming in on the back of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, or lanterns signaling one if by land, two… Continue reading →

In Watertown, Melendy’s Dracula rises and shines

By Rich Fahey WATERTOWN – Since 1897, the tale of Count Dracula told by Bram Stoker has been bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated beyond recognition in a multitude of ways across every possible… Continue reading →

‘Spamalot’: The Round Table gets Python makeover

By Rich Fahey BOSTON —  Once a Python, always a Python. The British comedy troupe Monty Python arrived on our shores in 1974 when PBS began distributing episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”… Continue reading →

Many years later, ‘All My Sons’ is still teaching us

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – At a time in the late 1940’s when Americans basked in the euphoria of winning World War II, everything seemed possible. The American Dream was in full sway.… Continue reading →

In ‘Purpose,’ family dysfunction is on the dinner menu

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – There are families. And then there are families. One of award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s specialties is the latter. The theater seats at the Calderwood Pavilion don’t come equipped… Continue reading →

In ‘Eleanor,’ Plum finds the heart, soul of an icon

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Getting to the heart and soul of an icon is tricky business. How far do you have to go to get there? By physical resemblance, as much as… Continue reading →

A.R.T.’s ‘Rhinoceros’: Paulus’s last may be first

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – When it comes to the Loeb Drama Center, it appears that Diane Paulus may have saved her best for last. The Tony Award-winning director and American Repertory Theater… Continue reading →

It’s back to the 80’s in NSMT’s lively ‘Rock of Ages’

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – You have to like a musical that’s not afraid to poke fun at itself, and never – I mean never – takes itself too seriously. “Rock of Ages,”… Continue reading →