More questions than answers in all-women ‘Caesar’
BOSTON – The conventional wisdom is that if women were in charge, there would be fewer wars and less violence in general. Not so fast, if an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
Moonbox’s ‘The 39 Steps’ is an exhilarating escape
BOSTON – I have two new nominations for The Hardest Working Men in Show Business. Their names are Matthew Zahnzinger and Bob Mussett. Along with Kevin Cirone and Sarah Gazdowicz,, they… Continue reading
Huntington’s modernized ‘Tartuffe’ loses something
BOSTON – Moliere may have written the piece in the 17th Century, but many of the great plays are movable feasts. So while Moliere intended “Tartuffe” to be generally a treatise on religious… Continue reading
Trinity’s ‘Carol’ reminds us again what’s important
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Forty years ago, the Trinity Repertory Company made the decision to perform an annual production of “A Christmas Carol.” Someone, somewhere is still patting themselves on the back. Through the… Continue reading
As a musical, ‘A Christmas Story’ shines anew
WORCESTER – For the past two decades, the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” has been shown in a 24-hour loop on television beginning Christmas Eve and running through Christmas Day. A movie… Continue reading
Fancy footwork abounds in NSMT’s ’42nd Street’
BEVERLY – In the opening moments of the musical “42nd Steet” at the North Shore Music Theatre, a curtain is slowly raised just enough so we can see many pairs of dancing feet,… Continue reading
‘Souvenir’: A repeat very much worth watching
BOSTON – A decade has passed since Leigh Barrett and Will McGarrahan first graced the stage of the Lyric Stage Company of Boston in Stephen Temperley’s “Souvenir,” the story of Florence Foster Jenkins… Continue reading
Merrimack’s ‘Silent Sky’ : A woman lost in the stars
LOWELL – When a young woman finds herself lost in the stars, she makes it her goal to work in the field where she can make her life amidst the celestial objects. In… Continue reading
Speakeasy’s ‘team’ shines in ‘The Curious Incident’
BOSTON – In sports parlance, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is a total team effort. The Speakeasy Stage Company production of the Tony Award-winning play by Simon Stephens at… Continue reading
Two souls comfort each other in ‘Guide for Homesick’
BOSTON – When we’re carrying a heavy burden, our tendency is to try and off-load it in any way we can. When two men meet in 2011 in an Amsterdam hotel, they end… Continue reading