Tag Archive: Reviews

NSMT’s ‘Quartet’ offers magical musical moments

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY —  “Million Dollar Quartet” at the North Shore Music Theatre  is a jukebox musical with a capital “J.” But there’s nothing wrong with a jukebox musical when said jukebox… Continue reading

Casting puts new spin on ‘Hound of The Baskervilles’

By Rich Fahey CAMBRIDGE – Comedy is hard. Physical comedy is comedy on steroids. And it doesn’t get more physical than the manic doings in “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” the 2007 adaptation… Continue reading

’46 Plays’: Hub Theatre remembers the ladies

 ’ “Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.” By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The  well-known quote above – as Adams urged her husband and the other… Continue reading

NSMT puts its own magical stamp on Disney’s ‘Frozen’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – What happens when you combine the Disney brand with the established artistry of the North Shore Music Theatre? Theatrical magic fit for all ages. For many years, NSMT’s… Continue reading

‘All Shook up’: Elvis meets Shakespeare at Reagle

By Rich Fahey WALTHAM – Elvis is not in the building. At least not a full-fledged Elvis Presley impersonator, the kind you’d find in a Las Vegas lounge or even marrying you in… Continue reading

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

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