By Rich Fahey BOSTON – When the world premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” re-lit the Emerson Colonial Theatre on July 10, 2018, after the venue had been dark and closed for renovations… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – News flash. People love to be scared. And, when you scare an audience half to death, the screams – go figure — are often followed by nervous laughter.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey PLYMOUTH – It has always seemed perfectly logical that the members of the Addams Family first found life in cartoons by Charles Addams in The New Yorker magazine. When they… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY — Before there was the “Phantom of the Opera,” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” a cantata premiered in 1970 by the very young duo of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey They’re creepy and they’re kooky,Mysterious and spooky,They’re all together ooky,The Addams Family. -The theme from “The Addams Family” TV show PLYMOUTH – It had to happen. Any TV show that… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – By definition, a successful jukebox musical is the perfect marriage of story and score. But not every life can be made into a musical that can both entertain… Continue reading
Sasha Diamond, Nancy Lemenager, Ken Cheeseman, and Eunice Wood watch in horror as a livestreamed meeting turns into chaos in “Eureka Day.” Photo by Liza Voll By Rich Fahey BOSTON – If a… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Once again, birds of a feather are getting together. And the result is just as hilarious. Paul Melendy and Gabriel Graetz, who teamed up in Greater Boston Stage’s… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – A theater is never as alive as when it is filled with young people – many of whom are experiencing live theater for the first time. And so… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — From the beginning we know the ending; we are watching a slow-motion deadly car crash with many casualties. Sophocles wrote “Oedipus Rex” around 430 BC, so we have… Continue reading