DORCHESTER — When you take a fresh approach to a 2,000-year-old story, the results can be both bold and exciting. The Fiddlehead Theatre‘s production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s groundbreaking… Continue reading
BOSTON — A friend of mine who has been to Israel several times and is a strong supporter of the Jewish state recently saw the Israeli Stage production of “Ulysses on Bottles,” being… Continue reading
BOSTON — All you need to know about the title character in David Lindsay-Abaire‘s “Kimberly Akimbo” is that she is a 65-year-old teenager. And she’s the normal one. Moonbox Productions takes on the… Continue reading
STONEHAM — It‘s “Lord of the Flies” meets “The Office” with a splash of Monty Python and “Gilligan’s Island” thrown in for good measure. And a veddy British feel and touch. That’s the… Continue reading
BOSTON — A set is our doorway and entrance into a theatrical piece. It seems appropriate to mention right from the start the set designed by Stephen Dobay for the Huntington Theatre Company’s… Continue reading
WATERTOWN — We human beings are wired to find the humor in the most tragic, dark situations, as a way of keeping our sanity or as part of the healing or grieving process.… Continue reading
BOSTON – It’s easy to skewer Hollywood, and no one is better at it than Hollywood – “Singin’ in the Rain” is a skilled example – with the possible exception of live theater.… Continue reading
BOSTON — Large themes are played out around the tables of unnamed restaurants in the Midwest in Dan LeFranc’s “The Big Meal,” a Zeitgeist Stage production now at the Black Box Theatre… Continue reading
CAMBRIDGE — The image of the fighter pilot — nurtured and reinforced in movies such as “Top Gun” — is that of a swashbuckling, hard-livin’, hard-playin’, hard-drinkin’, and hard-lovin’ daredevil, who yearns to… Continue reading
LOWELL — It’s exciting when a new playwright gets his first fully-staged professional production. It’s even more exciting when that world premiere boasts an excellent cast, a strong set of designers and an… Continue reading