‘Moulin Rouge’: Is it a love story or a music video?
BOSTON – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” seems to have some great things going for it in its world premiere production at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on the way to Broadway, with a… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
On the Common, CSC’s deadly game of thrones
BOSTON – It is a deadly Game of Thrones, and on a recent summer’s night it had the same hold on its audience as the hit HBO series. “Richard III,” the Commonwealth Shakespeare… Continue reading
Company marks 40th season with rousing ‘Ragtime’
NORWELL – A major milestone is often a chance to take stock of who you are or what you are. For the Company Theatre, the beginning of their 40th season was also a… Continue reading
Hub’s ‘The Taming’ entertains and uplifts
BOSTON – When did political debates become boxing matches? Candidates come out punching; the boxing judges are the cable TV pundits who will declare a winner. The losers? Those trying to make informed… Continue reading
‘Peter Pan,’ at NSMT, is standing the test of time
BEVERLY – The true test of a musical score doesn’t come the first time you hear it, though once is often enough to determine the songs are strong enough to stand on their… Continue reading
Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ is both dazzling and delightful
BOSTON – From the earliest days to the present – from “Beauty and the Beast, “ “The Little Mermaid” and “The Lion King,” to today’s “Frozen,” — Disney Theatrical’s magic has come to… Continue reading
Local lights shine brightly in ‘Anything Goes’
WALTHAM – Once a Rockette, always a Rockette. And no Rockette is likely to forget what made the name world-famous and the troupe the standard bearers for precision choreography. Former Rockette Eileen Grace… Continue reading
Cirque’s ‘Luzia’ brings Mexican culture to life
EAST BOSTON – The sun pretty much never sets on the entertainment giant that is Cirque du Soleil. There are 23 Cirque shows currently performing somewhere, seven of them in Las Vegas alone… Continue reading
Musical ‘Born For This’: Is it bound for Broadway?
BOSTON – Cue up the show-stoppers. There are enough vocal highlights in the musical “Born For This” at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, presented under the auspices of ArtsEmerson, to fill up three or… Continue reading
In GSC’s ‘Lughnasa,’ a loving family drifts apart
GLOUCESTER – In his 24 plays spread over a half-century, the late Irish playwright Brian Friel often cast a broad net in exploring the dynamics of familial relationships among his countrymen, which earned… Continue reading