By Rich Fahey BOSTON – There are families. And then there are families. One of award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s specialties is the latter. The theater seats at the Calderwood Pavilion don’t come equipped… Continue reading
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
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 – Regret, I’ve heard it said, is the cancer of life. And the effects of guilt that festers for years can be toxic and, in the end, deadly. In… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – When The Huntington’s luminous production of “The Light in the Piazza” is running on all cylinders, you can almost feel the Tuscan sun and believe you’ve been transplanted… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Slowly, but surely, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour will earn our trust. And, with it, create a unique theatrical experience that bridges East and West. In The Huntington’s production of… Continue reading
BOSTON – It is an initiative groundbreaking in both its length and breadth, a nine-play cycle to be performed over the next two years all across Greater Boston at a large variety of… Continue reading
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
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – It is a history lesson, and a deceptively simple story about making your way as an immigrant in your new home, while also treasuring your ties for the… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – There was a time when winning a Tony Award for Best Musical required a plunging chandelier or a sprawling historical story told over several decades. But times and… Continue reading