Murder most funny in ‘Something’s Afoot’
STONEHAM — Now that’s entertainment. If you’re a fan of the British murder mysteries that Agatha Christie and her like turned into an art form, you should get thee to “Something’s Afoot,” a… Continue reading
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Intimate setting adds greatly to ‘Cherry Orchard’
CHESTNUT HILL — Actors Shakespeare Project hasn’t deviated from The Bard’s canon very often in the past decade — three times, to be exact. But ASP has decided to bring Anton Chekhov… Continue reading
Lyric’s ‘Salesman’: The denial of an American dream
BOSTON — At a time when veterans were returning from World War II and, after defeating the Germans and the Japanese, it seemed anything was possible, playwright Arthur Miller was coming forth with… Continue reading
‘Equally Divided’ will get your full attention
LOWELL — Merrimack Repertory Theatre has done well by British comedies, and Artistic Director Charles Towers has shown a deft hand in the past with comedy of any sort. So it’s no… Continue reading
‘Witness Uganda’: An inspiring African journey
CAMBRIDGE — When you travel 7,000 miles to find yourself, what happens when you feel even more lost than you were before you started? That was the situation for a young black man… Continue reading
Moonbox’s cheery ‘Company’ does Sondheim credit
BOSTON — Bobby is a 35-year-old bachelor in Manhattan, but it seems that all of his friends are married. Five married couples, in fact. They form a close-knit protective cocoon around him, fussing… Continue reading
Fresh Ink’s ‘Handicapping’: More hits than misses
BOSTON — Very often, a racetrack is a place of desperation. Not, perhaps, on a sunny August afternoon when vacationers are sopping up the sun in the elegance of, say, the Saratoga Race… Continue reading
Davenport leads sterling cast in ‘The Whipping Man’
WATERTOWN — War is hell. And that’s for the winners. For the losers, it’s that much worse. Slavery is a different kind of hell. The two different kinds of hell collide in… Continue reading
Lyric’s ‘Working’ doesn’t work most of the time
BOSTON — We all do it — working, that is — but that doesn’t mean it will make for a great musical. Studs Terkel’s epic 1974 work that compiled oral histories of the… Continue reading
Huntington’s ‘Venus in Fur’ is smart, sexy fun
BOSTON — There’s a storm a-brewin’ outside, and soon there’ll be a storm brewing inside in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of David Ives’ “Venus in Fur” at the BU Theatre. A New… Continue reading