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‘Gatsby’ is big and beautiful, but something’s missing

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – It’s big. It’s bold. It’s beautiful. But in the end the national touring company of the Broadway musical production of “The Great Gatsby” at the Citizens Bank Opera… Continue reading →

Dickens and Doyle team up in ‘A Sherlock Carol’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Through the decades, the works and characters originated by Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been bent, folded, spindled, mutilated and twisted every which way, until… Continue reading →

Look out, Grinch: Here comes CSC’s ‘Christmas Carol’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The competition is keen. Just up the street at the Wang Center, the Grinch and his dog Max are terrorizing The Whos. On Washington Street at the Citizens… Continue reading →

‘Galileo’s Daughter’ is a journey worth taking

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Yes, indeed, the co-production of “Galileo’s Daughter” by the Central Square Theater and the WAM Theatre is about the daughter of famed 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei. But… Continue reading →

ART’s gorgeous ‘Gatsby’ just needs better balance

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE –  A few years after the end of World War I —  The War to End All Wars – everything seemed possible in America. In 1925, novelist F. Scott… Continue reading →