By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – In more than three decades of reviewing productions at the North Shore Music Theatre, there have been many occasions when, after seeing a show presented in the traditional… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Slowly, but surely, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour will earn our trust. And, with it, create a unique theatrical experience that bridges East and West. In The Huntington’s production of… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY — “Million Dollar Quartet” at the North Shore Music Theatre is a jukebox musical with a capital “J.” But there’s nothing wrong with a jukebox musical when said jukebox… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — Twenty-three years after “Mamma Mia!” first hit the stage in Boston during the show’s first national tour in 2001, I still recall the explanation from a press representative… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The train was coming down the track. But there was no way – or was there? — that a Viennese family could foretell the wreckage it would cause.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Comedy is hard. Physical comedy is comedy on steroids. And it doesn’t get more physical than the manic doings in “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” the 2007 adaptation… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — A demographic largely ignored by the theater at large is having its time in the spotlight. In a nice juxtaposition, the presentation of “Laughs in Spanish” by Alexis… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY — You’re 40 years old and have nothing to show for it. You’re working in a business where almost no one knows you and those that do detest you… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – It may be the most emotional musical ever staged, a work that wears its heart on its sleeve for the entire three-hour length of the work. The national… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Since Rachel Bertone became artistic director of the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston in 2022, she has made it a point to challenge herself and her casts,… Continue reading