‘Beautiful’: King’s songs were nation’s soundtrack
BOSTON – For so many of us born in the years after World War II, Carole King, her late former husband Gerry Goffin, and their close friends Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil provided… Continue reading
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Fifty years after debut, ‘Cabaret’ is still stunning
BOSTON – This is where it all began. The brilliant careers of composer John Kander and the late lyricist Fred Ebb really took off in 1966 when their second musical – “Cabaret” –… Continue reading
Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ makes a seamless move to the stage
BOSTON – Perhaps one of the reasons Roald Dahl was one of the greatest writers of children’s books is that he never treated his readers as children. Instead of avoiding issues that the… Continue reading
‘Pippin’ makes triumphant trek across the river
BOSTON — When the curtain first went up at the American Repertory Theater’s production of “Pippin” in Cambridge in 2012, there was an audible gasp from the audience. Were they in the wrong… Continue reading
King wrote the soundtrack for Baby Boomers’ lives
BOSTON – Attention, Baby Boomers: There’s another musical in town that’s right in your wheelhouse. The sound track of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” includes many of the greatest hits of the… Continue reading
Musical ‘Kinky Boots’ has heart, humor, and sole
BOSTON – The lives of working-class English folk has proven to be fertile ground for the writers of musicals. The national touring production of “Kinky Boots” at the Opera House in Boston has… Continue reading
‘Newsies’ leaps off the stage of the Opera House
BOSTON — In 1992, the Walt Disney Co. released a movie loosely based on the 1899 newsboys strike in New York City called “Newsies.” Budgeted at $15 million and starring a young Christian… Continue reading
Michael, Marvin, and Diana return in ‘Motown’
BOSTON — If you were moved by Michael, dazzled by Diana, and were smitten with Smokey, “Motown: The Musical” is your cup of tea. The national touring production of “Motown: The Musical”… Continue reading
Sit back and let ‘The Lion King’ wash over you
BOSTON — The route of animated film to live stage production has worked out pretty well for Disney Theatricals. Animated movies such as “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Tarzan”… Continue reading
Re-imagined ‘Phantom’ remains a great spectacle
BOSTON — Rarely have a theater and a production been so well-matched. The Boston Opera House, a former vaudeville palace first known as the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, was designed in a… Continue reading