BOSTON – It’s a simple equation: Family = friction. It can be like kindling when three siblings and their mother “voluntarily” spend a week together, even in the nicest of places and at… Continue reading
BOSTON –Some theater purists early on sneered at shows that became known as “jukebox musicals,” complete with ready-made scores generated by the subject – or subjects – of the piece. Early examples included… Continue reading
BOSTON – There is something about a steel pan, the Caribbean beat and the sheer joy of “We Dance,” the opening number of the musical “Once on This Island,” now being performed by… Continue reading
BOSTON – When acclaimed writer-director Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”) was first approached about bringing Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the Broadway stage, he was convinced it was “a suicide mission.”… Continue reading
LOWELL – She was the unlikeliest of media superstars. Erma Bombeck reveled in being an “ordinary” mother and housewife. The suburban sage described her typical workday as “blazing a trail from the laundry… Continue reading
BOSTON – Is there anything that tears at the soul like loneliness? Yale University Professor Bella Lee Baird finds an unlikely ally in her attempts to connect during a perilous moment in her… Continue reading
NORWELL – The return of live theater to the stage of the Company Theatre is a joyous occasion, and it was obvious at a recent performance the cast was enjoying it just as… Continue reading
PLYMOUTH — The return to live theater is a time to celebrate, and to gather with other like-minded souls and experience the magic we missed during the lengthy Covid-19 “intermission.” Yes, live theater… Continue reading
On a contemporary, leafy college campus in the South, a historically important but troubling relationship is being reenacted. But the telling of the tale this time won’t be by historians talking about one… Continue reading
A small city in Missouri became the center of the universe in 2014 when a teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer named Darrell Wilson. The incident… Continue reading