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
Category Archive: Reviews
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
NSMT’s ‘Spamalot’: The Pythons would be proud
BEVERLY – And now for something completely different. Before 2004, Broadway had never really seen a show such as “Spamalot,” the famed British comedy troupe Monty Python’s take on the tale of King… Continue reading
Costumes are the co-star in Fiddlehead’s ‘Priscilla’
BOSTON – They venture where no drag performer has dared go before – impeccably attired, and ready for adventure. The three performers at the heart of the musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”… Continue reading
‘Machine de Cirque’ performs with humor, heart
BOSTON – I first encountered Cirque du Soleil more than 30 years ago in one of the troupe’s first forays into Boston. The Cirque shows married acrobatics, juggling, and other circus arts with… Continue reading