Category Archive: Reviews

Moonbox’s ‘Musical’: Talent, energy and enthusiasm

BOSTON — When energy, enthusiasm and talent all converge in one place, you get a show like Moonbox Productions’ production of “The Musical of Musicals (the Musical),” now being performed through Dec. 20… Continue reading →

NSMT’s ‘Carol’: A holiday present for theater-goers

BEVERLY —There are runs. And then there are long runs. And there are shows that seemingly can run forever. The North Shore Music Theatre’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” through Dec. 21 seems… Continue reading →

Cast, production values boost ‘The Little Prince’

WATERTOWN — I always thought “The Little Prince” spoke to adults more than children, and although I read it to my kids, I never knew what they understood and captured from it. The… Continue reading →

Abalian makes ‘St. Louis’ a charming place to visit

STONEHAM — It’s fun to watch an actor or actress grow as a performer. I give you Sirena Abalian , 18, a senior at Lexington High who has been acting since the age… Continue reading →

Hibernian’s ‘Identity Crisis’ is original, but uneven

ROXBURY — Playwright Peter Snoad had a very original concept for a play, but at times the execution of his ideas falls short in “Identity Crisis,” a production of Hibernian Hall in Roxbury.… Continue reading →

‘Barefoot’ is simple Simon, but it’s still great fun

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It seems the plays of the prolific Neil Simon have fallen out of the rotation of many theater companies in recent years. So much so, I have a hard time… Continue reading →

Lyric’s ‘Allergist’s Wife’ would make Busch proud

BOSTON — Theaters around the country are marking the three decades of playwright Charles Busch’s work as part of a partnership between the theatrical licensing company Samuel French, Inc. and Tony Award-winning producer Daryl… Continue reading →

Tyson crafts unforgettable ‘Trip to Bountiful’

BOSTON — It isn’t the grand, sweeping gestures that make for great actors and actresses. It is the nuanced gesture, a word accented or an inflection, or the reaction to a word or… Continue reading →

PigPen’s ‘Old Man’: Lo-tech, but highly entertaining

BOSTON — The PigPen Theatre Co. is in the best tradition of the traveling troubadours and storytellers who moved from town to town. In an era of 3-D spectacles and $300 million movies… Continue reading →

‘Awake and Sing!’ finds light in a dark tunnel

BOSTON — The Huntington Theatre Company can look backward just as easily as looking forward. The theater nourishes new works and emerging local playwrights, but also looks backs regularly to revisit the classics,… Continue reading →