Two souls comfort each other in ‘Guide for Homesick’
BOSTON – When we’re carrying a heavy burden, our tendency is to try and off-load it in any way we can. When two men meet in 2011 in an Amsterdam hotel, they end… Continue reading
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There are too many bumps along ‘Alligator Road’
STONEHAM – New works are the lifeblood of the theater, refreshing, renewing and reinvigorating the theatrical canon. But with new work comes both risk and reward, and while readings and staged readings are… Continue reading
At Ogunquit, a promising, powerful ‘Eternity’
OGUNQUIT, Maine – In the restless days before the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, members of G Company, based in Schofield Barracks on Oahu in Hawaii are at war… Continue reading
Director’s experience, skills lift up NSMT’s ‘Evita’
BEVERLY – There is something about a life that blazes brightly before being snuffed out at a young age that inspires and fascinates writers and composers. James Dean, JFK and Marilyn Monroe are… Continue reading
Andy, Truman would have loved ‘WARHOLCAPOTE’
CAMBRIDGE – Andy Warhol and Truman Capote would likely have approved of the creativity in what the American Repertory Theater is calling the new production based on their relationship. “WarholCapote,” subtitled “a non-fiction… Continue reading
‘Constellations’: Second chance at first impression
CAMBRIDGE – You don’t get a second chance at a first impression. Or do you? At a barbecue, a Cambridge University academic named Marianne is in an awkward conversation with a man she… Continue reading
The ‘New Phantom’ remains a great spectacle
BOSTON – When you’re telling a tale as large as “The Phantom of the Opera,” little things matter. OK, not so little things, too So while the famed chandelier of the Paris Opera… Continue reading
Huntington’s ‘Merrily’ delights a new audience
BOSTON – At certain points in our lives, we ask ourselves: How did we get here? It is a question noted composer and now successful film producer Franklin Shepard is asking himself as… Continue reading
‘Men on Boats’ has fun with macho stereotypes
BOSTON – Even before it begins, SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Men on Boats” has broken away from the testosterone-filled, macho mentality of the classic adventure story told on stage and scene. Playwright Jacklyn Backhaus… Continue reading
With ‘Reversible,’ the amazing is almost mundane
BOSTON – We are all products of our ancestors, and of their experiences , and that simple fact inspired Gypsy Snider when it came time to develop a new show. The co-founder… Continue reading