From beyond the grave, Nat Turner tells us why
ROXBURY – A forlorn soul is handcuffed and shackled, straining to see the last rays of what will be his final sunset in the small town Jerusalem, Va. before he meets his Maker… Continue reading
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‘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
WFT puts its own stamp on sprawling ‘Ragtime’
BOSTON – It was the dawn of a new century, featuring larger-than-life cultural icons such as Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, Booker T. Washington and vaudeville star Evelyn Nesbit. It also marked the birth… Continue reading
400 years later, ‘Othello’ is still an outsider
CAMBRIDGE – The American Repertory Theatre is not against welcoming shows created by other theater companies of merit. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Director Bill Rauch commissioned and premiered the play “All The… Continue reading
Glitzy ‘Cinderella,’ Colonial light up the holidays
BOSTON – The national touring production of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” has arrived at the Emerson Colonial Theatre at just the right time of year. Theater patrons are still re-discovering the grandeur of… Continue reading
MRT’s ‘Christmas at Pemberley’: Out-Austening Jane
LOWELL – Is it possible to out-Jane Austen Jane Austen? Apparently so. Because, in transferring Austen’s iconic characters from “Pride and Prejudice” to the stage, the characters have emerged with personas intact, as… Continue reading
Still the champ: Coffee, NSMT’s ‘Carol’ roll on
BEVERLY – One of the pleasures of being there at when a performer begins to develop what will become of an iconic performance is that you get to see all the little things… Continue reading
New Rep’s ‘1776’: A bold, daring, but uneven new look
WATERTOWN – Before a recent performance of the New Repertory Theatre’s production of the Tony Award-winning musical “1776,” New Rep Artistic Director Jim Petosa made an announcement that “the play about 18th and… Continue reading
A tragic death haunts in Huntington’s ‘Man in the Ring’
BOSTON – What if you were gifted with a talent or skill that made you rich and famous, but far from happy? And how would you feel if you used that talent to… Continue reading
‘Oliver!’: Many will buy ‘this wonderful feeling’
NORWELL – You might think a musical made from the story of an abused orphan who escapes that fate, only to fall into the clutches of a master thief and a gang of… Continue reading