Burns helps ‘If/Then’ overcome its shortcomings
BOSTON – What would our lives look like if, at a key juncture, we went off in another direction than the one we actually chose? The team that created the musical “Next To… Continue reading
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It’s pure Bedlam in raucous ‘Twelfth Night’
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
Lavish, loving ‘Show Boat’ is the king of the river
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
‘Blinders’: A fool and his vote are soon parted
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
Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ makes a seamless move to the stage
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
‘Lobster Girl’ sets off on an ill-fated voyage
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
Reagle, Ellis, Sheehan do right by classic ‘Carousel’
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
Lucas’s ‘Alive’ offers hope for those who see none
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
Bean as Brice is a dynamo in NSMT’s ‘Funny Girl’
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
Crouse’s ‘Lettice’ enlarges, enlivens, and enlightens
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