In Beverly, a timeless ‘West Side Story’ enchants
BEVERLY – Any show – even an enduring classic – benefits from a fresh new look. But can “West Side Story” really be almost 60 years old? It seems only yesterday when it… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
‘Tiger Style!’: Siblings tilt against stereotypes
BOSTON – There is a moment in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Mike Lew’s very funny “Tiger Style!” that encapsulates the frustrations of many high-achieving people whose social skills and love lives… Continue reading
SpeakEasy delivers a sizzling ‘Scottsboro Boys’
BOSTON – The SpeakEasy Stage Company has no fear when it comes to remounting and repurposing Broadway musicals for its own devices, even the less successful ones. SpeakEasy mounted “Big Fish,” which had… Continue reading
On stage, ‘An American in Paris’ delivers the goods
BOSTON – The national touring production of “An American in Paris” is billed as“A New Musical,” which is true, even if some of the elements of it have been emblazoned in our minds… Continue reading
URT’s comedy ‘When January’ is sweet and upbeat
CAMBRIDGE – In this season of the relentless drumbeat of back-and-forth political accusations, the Underground Railway Theater has crafted a perfect antidote: A life-affirming, upbeat comedy about people finding love and companionship in… Continue reading
Lyric’s ‘Warrior Class’: A three-handed chess match
BOSTON – You probably don’t want to see how either sausage or legislation are made. And, for that matter, you probably don’t want to see how political candidates are chosen, and how decisions… Continue reading
MRT’s ‘Abigail/1702’: Ten years after The Trials
LOWELL – It was a no-brainer for Merrimack Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Sean Daniels to program Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s “Abigail/1702” for the weeks just preceding and following Halloween. Daniels had worked with the playwright… Continue reading
‘Good’: When compromise trumps conscience
WATERTOWN – What can happen when we push our conscience into the background and out of the way as a matter of convenience? What compromises can we make with ourself to rationalize the… Continue reading
‘Uncanny Valley’: A humanoid brought to … life?
STONEHAM – The world of science fiction is quickly becoming one of science reality. Take the world of artificial intelligence, which was explored recently on TV’s “60 Minutes,” while the Nora Theatre… Continue reading
‘Man in Snow’: Love and loss on a mountaintop
GLOUCESTER – Perhaps it takes a place where the air is rare and the cold is unforgiving for a man to begin to think clearly. For a sixty-something man named David Kipling, that… Continue reading