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THEATER REVIEW: BOOK OF MORMON/”M”
It was a bad week for missionaries and mad men in Boston. First, THE BOOK OF MORMON blew into town on the strength of its nine Tony Awards and buzz born of NY Times
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THEATER REVIEW: A RAISIN IN THE SUN
The Huntington Theatre Company has given us a stirring production of the first play by an African-American woman ever produced on Broadway– 54 years ago: Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark “A Raisin in the Sun.” The
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THEATER REVIEW: CLYBOURNE PARK
CLYBOURNE PARK won the Tony for Best Play in 2012– and it’s hard to imagine a better production than what’s onstage at the SpeakEasy right now! Bruce Norris’s Pulitzer-Prize winning drama cracks open the
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THEATER REVIEW: 2 for 2–”LUNGS”/”STONES IN HIS POCKETS”
Two shows on stage right now with a cast of two each, are both winners– so for me it’s two for two! LUNGS at the New Rep and STONES IN HIS POCKETS at the
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THEATER REVIEW: MILDRED FIERCE
Listen up beautiful people– The Gold Dust Orphans are back with a bang and this time they have some pretty big shoulders to fill. Joan Crawford did it in 1945 and Varla Jean Merman
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THEATER REVIEW: THE LAST WILL
THE LAST WILL is a theatrical bauble– a shimmering amalgam of wishful dreaming, informed speculation, historical fact, literary sleuthing, and some damn fine acting– conjured by Robert Brustein, and presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
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THEATER REVIEW: THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Tennessee Williams’ lyrical soul has come to life onstage at the A.R.T. in a play that can break your heart. THE GLASS MENAGERIE is a poignant masterpiece about a southern family searching for solace
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THEATER ROUND-UP: THE ITALIANS, THE IRISH, & THE NORTH KOREANS
There’s an ethnic smorgasbord onstage around town; I’m half Italian– so let’s begin with ArtsEmerson’s presentation of Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’ arte classic THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS. A maelstrom of mayhem ensues when
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THEATER: SISTER ACT
I love nuns. I love great voices. So there are the two reasons I was able to sit through the absolutely ridiculous Tony-nominated musical SISTER ACT which just opened at The Boston Opera House.
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LAST CHANCE: BOSTON THEATER WEEKEND!
There are THREE more good shows onstage in Boston RIGHT NOW that you should try to see before they close– so hurry! MEMPHIS–The 2010 Tony Award-winning musical written by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan,
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