By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Cirque du Soleil’s first entry into the holiday entertainment genre borrows from a host of other works – notably, the holiday poem at the heart of the piece… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – For many years, the theater world has known that the source material for a great musical could come from just about anywhere. It didn’t have to be a… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Through the decades, the works and characters originated by Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been bent, folded, spindled, mutilated and twisted every which way, until… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The play “Kim’s Convenience” is a lot like the items found in the play’s site, a store of the same name in downtown Toronto run by a Korean… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM — It may appear to be frivolous fun, but it is the theatrical and musical equivalent of running the Boston Marathon. It is Greater Boston Stage Company’s “Murder for… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – We all have dragons. We may keep them locked up in a closet, under a bed, or rooted deep in our subconscious. But sometimes they escape, and when… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – You know you’ve really made it as an entertainer when you say only one name and everybody knows who you are. Elvis. Sting. Bono. Frank. Liza and, probably,… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey NORWELL – The British have turned several theatrical genres into cottage industries. They have long since mastered mystery/detective plays, films and TV series, including such notable stage works as “Murder… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – For six months, a former Australian stand-up comic toiled in an abandoned cake factory, starting from scratch to learn what it takes to become an artist. After a… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — When reviewing a production of “Our Town” years ago, I noted that when Thornton Wilder was conjuring up the town of Grover’s Corners, N.H., for his Pulitzer Prize-winning… Continue reading