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May 23 2022

THEATER: THE 39th ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS!!

By |2022-05-23T22:39:09-04:00May 23rd, 2022|Theater|0 Comments

The Boston Theater Critics Association of which I am proud to be president announced THE 39th ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS to honor the outstanding work by actors, directors, designers, ensembles and productions audiences have seen on greater Boston stages throughout the season. The awards which are usually presented live in a downtown theater, were announced in [...]

Nov 01 2019

THEATER: ADMISSIONS/THANKSGIVING/CAMBODIAN ROCK!

By |2019-11-12T14:45:58-05:00November 1st, 2019|Theater|0 Comments

There is a barrage of local theater on stages in and around Boston-- here's my take! Photo: Maggie Hall Photography ADMISSIONS-- Joshua Harmon's adroit take on one of the most incendiary issues of the day: diversity at an elite prep school. The play heats up on ignition when Maureen Keiller as admissions officer [...]

Jul 19 2019

COOL THEATER WEEKEND: THE LIGHTNING THIEF, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE 39 STEPS

By |2019-07-19T15:37:44-04:00July 19th, 2019|Theater|0 Comments

A sweltering weekend is upon us so here's how to escape the record-breaking temps outside and see what's hot onstage! THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical. After flaming out onscreen, this global best-seller by Rick Riordan is now a hitĀ musical onstage which just opened in Boston at the Huntington Avenue Theatre! I [...]

Dec 10 2014

THEATER: O.P.C.

By |2014-12-11T00:42:43-05:00December 10th, 2014|Theater|0 Comments

You got yer ADD, yer ADHD, yer PTSD, yer OCD and now yer O.P.C. at the A.R. T.! The title stands for Ā "Obsessive Political Correctness," Ā a syndrome that plagues the compulsively sensitive, and finds its expression in a world premiere production by author, activist, & Tony-Award winning playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" Eve Ensler, who [...]

Oct 27 2014

THEATER ROUNDUP: ETHER DOME/MUCH ADO/IT FELT EMPTY/LANGUAGE OF ANGELS

By |2014-10-28T11:23:24-04:00October 27th, 2014|Theater|0 Comments

There's a whole lotta theater goin' on-- here's my take in short: ETHER DOMEĀ presented by The Huntington Theatre Company at BU is neither a gas, nor did it put me to sleep.Ā BilledĀ as a medical thriller about the very first surgery performed under anesthesia in 1846 under the "dome"Ā at MGH, the real storyĀ is fascinating, but the [...]

May 20 2012

NOT THE TONY’S–THE NORTIES!

By |2012-05-20T13:10:33-04:00May 20th, 2012|Dance, More A & E, Music, Spontaneous Acts of Joyce, Theater|0 Comments

Come to the 30th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS:Ā  MONDAY MAY 21st 7-9 PM Paramount Center, Boston!! Tony award-winning Broadway legend TOMMY TUNE will PERFORM and Receive Lifetime Achievement Award! KATE SNODGRASS will Receive Prize for Sustained Excellence! See all your favorite actors and productions honored by the BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION this Monday night!! I [...]

Mar 06 2012

THIS JUST IN: “THE BOOK OF MORMON” IN BOSTON– and MORE!

By |2012-03-06T01:44:12-05:00March 6th, 2012|Theater|0 Comments

I am so EXCITED!!Ā  The hottest show on Broadway, the winner of nine Tony awards including Best Musical-- THE BOOK OF MORMON-- is headed to Boston as part ofĀ  the upcoming 2012-2013 Lexus Broadway Season presented by Broadway in Boston! Plus: the winner of five Tony awards including Best Play WAR HORSE,Ā  Tony award-winning Best [...]

Feb 23 2012

THEATER REVIEW: THE WIZARD OF OZ

By |2012-02-23T00:38:15-05:00February 23rd, 2012|Theater|0 Comments

This week, I hope you're off to see the wizard-- the wonderful WIZARD OF OZ at The Wheelock Family Theatre! If you have kids AND you have just about run out of things for them to do this school vacation week, ease on down the road to one of the most entertaining productions of this [...]

Jan 21 2012

THEATER REVIEWS: Hip and Hot: “UNCLE VANYA” / “GREEN EYES”

By |2012-02-01T23:38:31-05:00January 21st, 2012|Theater|0 Comments

You don't have to go to NYC to have a hip, hot, on the edge experience at the theater! It's all happening right here in Boston with two productions that take you there in a new way: Apollinaire Theatre Company's lucid UNCLE VANYA and Company One's erotic GREEN EYES! First, head to Chelsea Square-- this [...]

Jan 17 2012

THEATER REVIEW: “RED”

By |2012-01-17T00:58:06-05:00January 17th, 2012|Theater|0 Comments

The best show onstage in Boston right now stars the dizzyingly talented Thomas Derrah as abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in RED at the SpeakEasy Stage Company.Ā  Don't worry if you know nothing about painting; the 2010 Tony Award-winning show by John Logan and flawlessly directed by David R. Gammons is an extraordinarily [...]