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THEATER REVIEW “OUR TOWN”: NEWTOWN
Do not miss a masterpiece onstage right now presented by the Huntington Theatre Company: OUR TOWN. There is no way to talk about this re-staging of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play without feeling the fullness
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THEATER REVIEW: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE
I had the loveliest experience at the theater this week–I wandered into the Paramount Center’s intimate Black Box Theater where I found a woman, a grand piano, and a poignant tale of family, the
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THEATER REVIEW: BETRAYAL
Onstage at the Huntington Theatre, it’s 1977 and a man and a woman, Jerry and Emma, sit drinking in a pub. The conversation is halting, and we find out two things almost immediately– they
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THEATER REVIEWS: NOW OR LATER/THE CHOSEN
So much to see so little time…Here goes! NOW OR LATER: It’s a compact 80 minute tour de force about politics, family, “packaging,” and the fine line between compromise and corruption. It builds to
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THEATER REVIEWS: HAMLET
A stripped down HAMLET has hit town! Fasten your seat belts–it’s going to be a Shakey night. Head to The Paramount Center and get ready for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Boston debut production of the
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THEATER REVIEW: RAGTIME
It’s one of my all time favorite musicals: the monumental and deeply American tale based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel RAGTIME! Producing director Meg Fofonoff’s Fiddlehead Theatre Company–in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union–
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THEATER REVIEW: GOOD PEOPLE
Theater season is up and running and this week I’ll give you my take–beginning with the best show on stage right now: the Huntington Theatre Company’s wise and wicked-funny season opener GOOD PEOPLE! It’s
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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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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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