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THEATER REVIEW:MARY POPPERS
I have never laughed so long and so hard in my life. I may never need abdominal exercises again: I just saw the most obscenely funny show in town– MARY POPPERS now playing at
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ELLIOT NORTON AWARD NOMINATIONS!
BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE NOMINEES FOR 30th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS Tommy Tune To Receive Special Lifetime Achievement Award Kate Snodgrass To Receive Annual Prize for Sustained Excellence Tickets: $30 available online:
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THEATER REVIEW: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
It’s not too late to see one of the BEST shows now onstage in Boston– the Huntington Theatre Company’s explosive, soul-searing production of Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist August Wilson’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM. With this
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THEATER REVIEW: NEXT TO NORMAL
Delusional “bipolar depression with manic episodes,” isn’t usually the stuff of musical theater, but Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (book/lyrics) have set the malady to music and turned it into art, winning three Tony’s
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THEATER REVIEW: LES MISERABLES
I haven’t been able to get these glorious songs by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg out of my head, since seeing the new 25th Anniversary Production of LES MISERABLES at the Boston Opera House
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THIS JUST IN: TIX ONSALE FOR TOMMY TUNE & ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS!
BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE LEGENDARY SONG & DANCE MAN TOMMY TUNE RECIPIENT OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS SET FOR MAY 21 AT PARAMOUNT CENTER Tickets on sale
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THEATER REVIEW: WILD SWANS
It pains me to have to say this– which is why I’ve probably put it off– but the A.R.T.s latest production and world premiere– is the biggest disappointment of the season: WILD SWANS is
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THIS JUST IN: “THE BOOK OF MORMON” IN BOSTON– and MORE!
I am so EXCITED!! The hottest show on Broadway, the winner of nine Tony awards including Best Musical– THE BOOK OF MORMON– is headed to Boston as part of the upcoming 2012-2013 Lexus Broadway
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THEATER REVIEW: PHOTOGRAPH 51
I could barely keep from screaming when I saw it: PHOTOGRAPH 51–an eye-opening play about yet ANOTHER unsung woman’s achievement: Rosalind Franklin, a scientist duped out of the NOBEL prize by Watson and
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THEATER REVIEW: TIME STANDS STILL
TIME STANDS STILL — in a photograph– but what is its value, and its cost? These are the questions a photojournalist must ask herself in one of the smartest new Broadway plays now onstage
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