CAMBRIDGE – Never has the name of a theatrical troupe been more apt. Bedlam, the New York City-based troupe whose production of “Saint Joan” captured Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards, has returned… Continue reading
BOSTON – This is the show Stacey Stephens and Meg Fofonoff always wanted to do, in the theater they always wanted to do it in. The co-artistic producers of the Fiddlehead Theatre Company… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – The old saw is that you can’t fool all of the public all of the time, but what about when you come pretty darn close? Playwright Patrick Gabridge speculated about that,… Continue reading
BOSTON – Perhaps one of the reasons Roald Dahl was one of the greatest writers of children’s books is that he never treated his readers as children. Instead of avoiding issues that the… Continue reading
STONEHAM – You can have a bevy of talented people working on a project but when things don’t come together, they don’t come together. It’s fun to welcome a new work into the… Continue reading
WALTHAM – You can take a few notes from a signature piece of music in some musicals that, when heard, immediately bring the play to mind. That includes the opening strains of the… Continue reading
BOSTON – Book of Job, meet the Book of Knox. The issue of faith in the face of overwhelming despair is at the center of Craig Lucas’ “I Was Most Alive With… Continue reading
BEVERLY – The line between comedy and tragedy is a fine one. Smokey Robinson sang of that in “Tears of the Clown” and there are many comedians and entertainers whose outward demeanor masks… Continue reading
GLOUCESTER – I don’t know if it actually happens, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Gloucester Stage Company Artistic Director Robert Walsh consults Lindsay Crouse before setting his season’s schedule. If a… Continue reading
BOSTON – The story of “Peter Pan” has reverberated across the various media – books, stage, TV, film — ever since J.M. Barrie’s play “Peter Pan” debuted in 1904 and led to his… Continue reading