Tag Archive: review

‘Eureka Day’: In a disaster, is inclusion possible?

Sasha Diamond, Nancy Lemenager, Ken Cheeseman, and Eunice Wood watch in horror as a livestreamed meeting turns into chaos in “Eureka Day.” Photo by Liza Voll By Rich Fahey BOSTON – If a… Continue reading →

CST’s ‘Irma Vep’ lovingly recreates Ludlam’s world

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Once again, birds of a feather are getting together. And the result is just as hilarious. Paul Melendy and Gabriel Graetz, who teamed up in Greater Boston Stage’s… Continue reading →

It’s just the right time for ‘Annie’ to return

By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – A theater is never as alive as when it is filled with young people – many of whom are experiencing live theater for the first time. And so… Continue reading →

Reimagined ‘Oedipus’: A tragic king in the barrio

By Rich Fahey BOSTON — From the beginning we know the ending; we are watching a slow-motion deadly car crash with many casualties. Sophocles wrote “Oedipus Rex” around 430 BC, so we have… Continue reading →

SpeakEasy’s ‘Swept Away’ is a towering achievement

By Rich Fahey BOSTON  — When put in a desperate situation – survival or death — what would you be capable of? And what if the situation involved a loved one? The SpeakEasy… Continue reading →

The Constitution speaks, but do we still listen?

By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – Can a document written and signed in 1787 and then ratified in 1788 serve the needs of a much different population of 349 million people some 238 years… Continue reading →

CST’s ‘Breaking the Code’ is an artistic triumph

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – His genius set the stage for that ever-smarter Smartphone you have in your pocket. Yet in the end his life was that of a tragic hero, someone who… Continue reading →

CSC’s second ‘Carol’ is both light and dark

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Peace on earth, and goodwill towards men. It was in short supply in Charles Dickens’s London in 1843, and perhaps it is still lacking in the here and… Continue reading →

Notes of ‘Carol’ may have changed, but magic hasn’t

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – When the North Shore Music Theatre completed its first-ever season as a year-round theater producing its own shows, the theater’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens novella “A Christmas… Continue reading →

‘An Irish Carol’: Dickens’ piece does a pub crawl

By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – The Irish pub has long been a staple in literature, theater, and the movies, and it mattered not whether that pub was in Ireland itself or any one… Continue reading →