BOSTON – “Never work with children or animals” is attributed to the late actor/comedian W.C. Fields, lamenting the scene-stealing that goes on when adults work alongside them. Fields probably would have said that… Continue reading
BOSTON – The problem for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber was always: How do you follow up a show that’s been playing for 30 years on Broadway? “The Phantom of the Opera” recently celebrated… Continue reading
BEVERLY – There is something about a life that blazes brightly before being snuffed out at a young age that inspires and fascinates writers and composers. James Dean, JFK and Marilyn Monroe are… Continue reading
BOSTON – When you’re telling a tale as large as “The Phantom of the Opera,” little things matter. OK, not so little things, too So while the famed chandelier of the Paris Opera… Continue reading
WALTHAM –Before there was the “Phantom of the Opera,” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,”a cantata premiered in 1970 by the very young duo of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice. It was… Continue reading
BOSTON – It takes a lot to grab and keep a child’s interest these days. I guess that goes for adults, too. And if you are adapting and restaging an iconic work of… Continue reading