By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Cirque du Soleil’s first entry into the holiday entertainment genre borrows from a host of other works – notably, the holiday poem at the heart of the piece… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Often, the children hold the key. They make friends in school, on the playground, on the soccer or softball field or while bouncing around in a kiddie pool.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey NORWELL – The British have turned several theatrical genres into cottage industries. They have long since mastered mystery/detective plays, films and TV series, including such notable stage works as “Murder… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – When it comes to following in the footsteps of a great comic actor, there is one name that stands above the rest and casts the longest shadow: The… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Let’s get it straight right away. The national touring production “Back to the Future: The Musical” is a theatrical thrill ride of the first order, a series of… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – Three men on a boat for nine weeks in 1974, often at each other’s throats. An endless series of delays due to a number of mechanical sharks with… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Comedy is hard. Physical comedy is comedy on steroids. And it doesn’t get more physical than the manic doings in “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” the 2007 adaptation… Continue reading
BOSTON – It is an initiative groundbreaking in both its length and breadth, a nine-play cycle to be performed over the next two years all across Greater Boston at a large variety of… Continue reading
BOSTON — Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Best Actress in a Musical for “Next to Normal”) and Grammy Award winner John McDaniel (Best Musical Show Album for “Annie Get Your Gun”) will appear… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Stage the show in a city where the history of pro baseball dates back to 1871. Have the heroine be a woman who made history on the field… Continue reading