LOWELL — Homestead Crossing is a quiet, comfortable place, the kind of place where not much ever happens and the residents like it that way. In a world premiere by Massachusetts playwright William… Continue reading
BOSTON — You don’t have to have born down on A Street or raised down on B Street to enjoy the Huntington Theatre’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People.” The native of South… Continue reading
BOSTON — There is something to be said for two and a half hours of inspired silliness. “The Mikado,” now playing at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, in the most beloved of… Continue reading
BOSTON — From October to December 2011, they were a daily feature on the news: the community of tents and tarps on parkland in the Financial District of Boston, better known as Dewey… Continue reading
GLOUCESTER — Dysfunction, thy name is Magrath. And dysfunction can be a lot of fun in Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, “Crimes of the Heart,” which has a warm, winning production at… Continue reading
CAMBRIDGE — Playwright David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” is an entertaining and incisive look at history’s most reviled royal. “Marie” is having its world premiere at the Loeb Drama Center in a co-production by… Continue reading
BEVERLY — Starting a musical with a parcel of Elvis Presley hits is like a baseball pitcher starting an at-bat with an 0-2 count on the hitter. Now that that is settled, it’s… Continue reading
WALTHAM — Broadway actress Sarah Pfisterer has become closely identified with the Reagle Music Theatre, shining in a long succession of roles over the past decade. Think David Coffee and George Dvorsky at… Continue reading
BOSTON — Company One‘s production of Kris Diaz‘s “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” is an entertaining, funny and heartfelt two hours about what happens when you put yourself — and your body… Continue reading
OnBostonStages will be an in-depth look at the theater scene in Eastern Massachusetts with mini-reviews, features, essays, and interviews. I will endeavor to give honest, informed, fair opinions along with profiles, notes and information… Continue reading