Estefans’ ‘On Your Feet’ puts a bounce in your step
BOSTON – Not every life can be made into a musical that can both entertain and tell a story. But then most musicals don’t have the storyline of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, two… Continue reading
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Moonbox ups its game again with stirring ‘Cabaret’
BOSTON – The musical “Cabaret” is a work of great risk and great reward, terribly difficult to do well because its core elements are so demanding. It is a mark of the progress… Continue reading
Trinity Rep’s ‘Native Gardens’ gets down and dirty
PROVIDENCE – For many amateur gardeners, their plot of earth is a refuge from the problems of the day, a stress reduction technique performed in the great outdoors. But when things go awry,… Continue reading
Order up: ‘Waitress’ makes a grand return
Bryan Fenkart and Desi Oakley in the national tour of “Waitress.” Photo: Joan Marcus BOSTON – Another prodigal show has returned home, and the good news is that the charm and good humor… Continue reading
‘Lost Laughs’ has promise, but lags near the end
LOWELL – He is the answer to a trivia question. Who was the first movie star to make $1 million in a year? No, it wasn’t Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. Before they… Continue reading
‘Death and the Maiden’ will leave you breathless
WELLESLEY – There’s no escaping the tension that builds steadily during the 100 minutes of “Death and the Maiden.” It becomes even more pronounced since it’s performed in the intimate confines of the… Continue reading
Want to assure a good date? See ‘Bad Dates’
BOSTON – The Huntington Theatre Company’s current production of “Bad Dates” by Theresa Rebeck is an example of a different actress giving such a different take on a character that it feels… Continue reading
It’s no ‘Phantom,’ but ‘Love’ is a grand spectacle
BOSTON – The problem for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber was always: How do you follow up a show that’s been playing for 30 years on Broadway? “The Phantom of the Opera” recently celebrated… Continue reading
In apartheid South Africa, baring bodies and souls
WATERTOWN — Athol Fugard’s voice was one of the loudest in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and even as the country struggles in its post-apartheid democratic era, he is still writing and… Continue reading
Nora’s ‘Proof’: The mystery behind the numbers
CAMBRIDGE – I was starting to wonder why it took so long. It would seem that David Auburn’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Proof” would be a logical fit for the science-themed Catalyst Collaborative… Continue reading