Take a trip aboard Americana’s ‘Orient Express’
By Rich Fahey PLYMOUTH – Sometimes – even when it comes to the work of Dame Agatha Christie, one of the greatest mystery writers of all time – less is more. Her masterwork… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Reviews
Ripley, McDaniel to perform at free BPL event Friday
BOSTON — Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Best Actress in a Musical for “Next to Normal”) and Grammy Award winner John McDaniel (Best Musical Show Album for “Annie Get Your Gun”) will appear… Continue reading
GBSC’s ‘Old school’ ‘Guys and Dolls’ is still fun
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM –– “Guys and Dolls” is an “old-school” musical, and that’s meant in the best possible way. The current production at the Greater Boston Stage Company has all of the… Continue reading
Lyric’s ‘Yellow Face’: A cry for racial justice
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – In the years when I was working nights and couldn’t sleep, I would stumble onto movies about a Chinese-American, Honolulu-based detective named Charlie Chan. The early movies featured… Continue reading
The unstoppable ‘Toni Stone’ made baseball history
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Stage the show in a city where the history of pro baseball dates back to 1871. Have the heroine be a woman who made history on the field… Continue reading
Updated ‘Dial M for Murder’ still has the goods
By Rich Fahey STONEHAM – Sometimes, a show lands right in the wheelhouse of what a theater company does best. The Greater Boston Stage Company – formerly the Stoneham Theatre – has embraced… Continue reading
In ‘A Strange Loop,’ a human work in progress
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Years ago, Michael R. Jackson’s voice might never have been heard. It may have been lost amid many other voices trying to be heard and recognized. After all,… Continue reading
ART’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’ is joyous, uplifting
By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – The American Repertory Theater’s world premiere musical “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” is a heartfelt, uplifting, often joyous celebration of Latino culture and the immigrant experience. It… Continue reading