EAST BOSTON – The sun pretty much never sets on the entertainment giant that is Cirque du Soleil. There are 23 Cirque shows currently performing somewhere, seven of them in Las Vegas alone… Continue reading
BOSTON – Cue up the show-stoppers. There are enough vocal highlights in the musical “Born For This” at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, presented under the auspices of ArtsEmerson, to fill up three or… Continue reading
GLOUCESTER – In his 24 plays spread over a half-century, the late Irish playwright Brian Friel often cast a broad net in exploring the dynamics of familial relationships among his countrymen, which earned… Continue reading
OGUNQUIT, Maine – The show must go on and it did. And it seems an overwhelming majority of theater-goers were glad it did. When Stephen Mark Lukas, who plays the lead male… Continue reading
WATERTOWN – With virtual reality becoming an actual reality, we as a society are being asked to confront some uncomfortable questions about where technology may take us in the future. What if our… Continue reading
“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war.” – Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” WELLESLEY – No one came back from Vietnam unchanged. There’s no pigeon-holing the experiences of those who… Continue reading
BEVERLY – “Mame” is a battleship of a musical and North Shore Music Theatre has the crew to sail it. “Mame” had already been a best-selling book by Patrick Dennis, a celebrated play… Continue reading
WALTHAM – Some musicals age well and others don’t. Some musicals will still be performed 50 years from now while others will be neglected and forgotten The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “A Chorus Line”… Continue reading
BOSTON – June is bustin’ out all over. For some of Boston’s smaller theater companies, that isn’t good news. With June has come first sighting of decent weather and everyone rushing outside ,… Continue reading
BOSTON – He was never listed in his father’s obituary in the New York Times or mentioned in his father’s memoir.. He was never publicly acknowledged by his father. He was warehoused for… Continue reading