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
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — When reviewing a production of “Our Town” years ago, I noted that when Thornton Wilder was conjuring up the town of Grover’s Corners, N.H., for his Pulitzer Prize-winning… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Well, hello Dolly. It is great to see you back where you belong. The Lyric Stage Company’s “Hello, Dolly!” is a brilliant blend of song and dance, expertly… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The answer is, of course, sardines. Now what was the question again? You’ll never look at sardines the same again after platefuls of them are scattered about the… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – “The Drowsy Chaperone” is the right show at the right time. The musical now at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston is a fast, funny, frothy concoction of… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – It’s fast. It’s funny. And perfect for the holiday season. A cast with some of Boston’s finest comedic actors has been assembled to make sure getting to whodunit… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey If you were attending a performance at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, you knew not to arrive late. There were several reasons: Shows at the Lyric tended to start… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Sometimes people are like plants. They are born, live and die on the same plot of land and rarely journey very far from it. Even when they want to.… Continue reading
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
BOSTON – We all know how well the Brits do the standard murder mystery. They have fed us a steady diet of the genre through the BBC for decades. But what if a… Continue reading