By Rich Fahey STONEHAM –– “Guys and Dolls” is an “old-school” musical, and that’s meant in the best possible way. The current production at the Greater Boston Stage Company has all of the… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – In the years when I was working nights and couldn’t sleep, I would stumble onto movies about a Chinese-American, Honolulu-based detective named Charlie Chan. The early movies featured… Continue reading
BOSTON – Perhaps it was a coincidence, but on an early spring day in Boston this week a frost descended on the area, reminding us that quite often the New England winter is… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – After a resounding success in 2021, the soldiers have been called back into service. The Greater Boston Stage Company 2021 production of “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Almost a half-century ago, a musical debuted on Broadway to mixed reviews, being nominated for 11 Tonys but winning none, running into a buzzsaw called “A Chorus Line.”… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – As we approach Halloween, someone is out to scare you. And they’re not being subtle about it. The Greater Boston Stage Company, coming off the heels of last… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – One man’s imagination can turn a more than 400-year-old Shakespearean tragedy into a backyard wedding barbecue to remember. In an interview Playwright James Ijames explained he first read… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey JAMAICA PLAIN — Before I even stepped into historic Eliot Hall to watch the Footlight Club’s lovely, heartfelt production of Richard Harris’s “Stepping Out,” I found a kinship with the… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – At the beginning and end of Joshua Harmon’s superb intergenerational drama “Prayer for the French Republic” at The Huntington, the stirring French national anthem “La Marseillaise” can be… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Mash up mythology – both Greek and Nigerian — and the Marvel universe of super-heroes such as “Black Panther.” In the process, have the mythic Greek god Zeus… Continue reading