Tag Archive: theatre

Huntington, Sorkin team to re-imagine ‘Mockingbird’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – This time, it’s Atticus who may be on trial. And, in Aaron Sorkin’s version, he has questions that have to be answered. Sorkin (“The West Wing”) dramatically reimagined… Continue reading →

Brits invading again with ‘Operation Mincemeat’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The British Invasion Redux. This time, they’re not coming in on the back of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, or lanterns signaling one if by land, two… Continue reading →

In Watertown, Melendy’s Dracula rises and shines

By Rich Fahey WATERTOWN – Since 1897, the tale of Count Dracula told by Bram Stoker has been bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated beyond recognition in a multitude of ways across every possible… Continue reading →

‘Spamalot’: The Round Table gets Python makeover

By Rich Fahey BOSTON —  Once a Python, always a Python. The British comedy troupe Monty Python arrived on our shores in 1974 when PBS began distributing episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”… Continue reading →

Many years later, ‘All My Sons’ is still teaching us

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – At a time in the late 1940’s when Americans basked in the euphoria of winning World War II, everything seemed possible. The American Dream was in full sway.… Continue reading →

In ‘Come from Away,’ Canadians open their hearts

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – Earlier this month, this country – and the world – marked the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the United States that took place on Sept. 11, 2001.… Continue reading →

In ‘Purpose,’ family dysfunction is on the dinner menu

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 →

It’s back to the 80’s in NSMT’s lively ‘Rock of Ages’

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – You have to like a musical that’s not afraid to poke fun at itself, and never – I mean never – takes itself too seriously. “Rock of Ages,”… Continue reading →

‘Moulin Rouge!’: The last call for a spectacle

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – When the world premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” re-lit the Emerson Colonial Theatre on July 10, 2018, after the venue had been dark and closed for renovations… Continue reading →

Americana brings alive dancing, singing Addams Family

By Rich Fahey PLYMOUTH – It has always seemed perfectly logical that the members of the Addams Family first found life in cartoons by Charles Addams in The New Yorker magazine. When they… Continue reading →