‘Vera Stark’ fades after a strong beginning
In an ad currently running on TV in the special election for the U.S Senate, a number of people of different races and genders all proclaim “I am Stephen Lynch.” The idea is… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
Visit ‘Clybourne Park’ before it’s gone
BOSTON — Bruce Norris’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Clybourne Park” is a cleverly, carefully constructed play that looks at a very important issue from two very different angles. “Clybourne Park” is actually… Continue reading
Callas comes alive in New Rep’s ‘Master Class’
WATERTOWN — The late opera soprano Maria Callas was almost a mythical figure. She was as famous for her affairs as her stormy but short career. The soprano known as “La Divina,” born… Continue reading
‘Lungs’: Living, loving, making good choices
WATERTOWN — During our lifetimes we will make many, many decisions which will have profound and long-lasting effects. We will agonize over those decisions, and how they affect us, and we may take… Continue reading
Brustein’s ‘Last Will’ a loving coda to The Bard
BOSTON — The Bard and his bride have been getting considerable face time lately. Last month, Seana McKenna had her turn as Anne Hathaway in the Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s production of Vern Thiessen’s… Continue reading
ART’s ‘Glass Menagerie’ was worth the wait
CAMBRIDGE — It took 32 years for Tennessee Williams to find his way into the canon of the American Repertory Theatre. In this case, it was worth the wait. Once ART finally decided… Continue reading
Many will buy ‘wonderful feeling’ of ‘Oliver”
BOSTON — In the second act of the musical “Oliver,” the title character, sent on a mission to return some books, comes upon a myriad of vendors selling their wares in a city… Continue reading
‘The Boys’ are a welcome sight at Colonial
BOSTON — “Jersey Boys” is the perfect marriage of music and story. The most successful of the so-called “jukebox musicals” — musicals where the source music is already part of popular culture —… Continue reading
Nuns’ singing, dancing saves ‘Sister Act’
BOSTON — Singing nuns have always been good box office. “The Sound of Music,” anyone? Playwright Dan Goggin has spun off his hit musical “Nunsense” so many times it makes you dizzy. “Late… Continue reading
‘Desert Cities’: Glossy exterior, substance beneath
BOSTON — Funny things can happen in the desert. You can see things that aren’t there. And miss things that are. It’s Christmas Eve, 2004 and Brooke Wyeth (Anne Gottlieb) is visiting her… Continue reading