Reworked ‘Big Fish’ wears its heart on its sleeve
By Rich Fahey PLYMOUTH – On Broadway, “Big Fish” was a fish out of water, so to speak. The musical opened in 2013 to mixed reviews and ran for only three months. The… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
Lincoln Center’s ‘Fair Lady’ is a first-class revival
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Local theater-goers were treated in recent years to national tours of two acclaimed musical revivals first staged at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York City: “South Pacific”… Continue reading
Female singers take center stage in ‘Beehive’ musical
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – For those of us who have reached a certain age, the 60’s are still alive and well. Musically, the decade saw the arrival of the Fab Four and… Continue reading
‘Sister Act’: When the convent discovered disco
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – For decades almost any play or musical featuring nuns has been a go from the start in the Greater Boston area. “Nunsense” and its many sequels and “Late… Continue reading
Edelman’s ‘Just for Us’ is actually for everybody
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – A solo show is a bit like performing naked. There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no one else to blame if things go off the rails. Naked… Continue reading
At ‘Clyde’s,’ some fresh ingredients and a fresh start
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Sometimes all you want is a sandwich. But not just any sandwich. You want one with fresh, preferably local ingredients, on great bread, with inspired condiments and add-ons… Continue reading
Cirque goes on holiday with ‘Twas the Night Before’
BOSTON – Cirque du Soleil’s first entry into the holiday entertainment genre borrows from a host of other works, but at its heart it’s still Cirque. “Twas the Night Before…,” now at the… Continue reading
‘Six’: Henry’s wives reborn as rock goddesses
BOSTON – Did you know that the many wives of the celebrated 16th Century monarch Henry VIII were all rock goddesses? It certainly hasn’t gotten much play through the centuries, but it comes… Continue reading
Hub’s ‘Breeches’ is a love letter to the theater
BOSTON – On the stage of the Oberon Play House in Boston in 1942, the “ghost light” – a theatrical tradition — serves a different purpose, as a way keep the home fires… Continue reading
With its ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Company aces the test
NORWELL – I’m sure at some point someone – maybe many people — told the late, great genius Stephen Sondheim that trying to make a musical about a homicidal English barber who, with… Continue reading