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Oct 05 2025

THEATER: THE MOUNTAINTOP, THE COUNTER

By |2025-10-05T10:24:42-04:00October 5th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE MOUNTAINTOP, THE COUNTER

Am back up and running after my site crashed this week with PART IV of my take on shows now open this fall onstage in greater Boston-- again, arranged in order of how long they will run so you can plan your theater-going schedule! Dominic Carter as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Kiera Prusmack [...]

Oct 01 2025

THEATER: THE CEREMONY, THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, PRIMARY TRUST

By |2025-10-01T16:29:25-04:00October 1st, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

Here's PART III of my take on the rush of fall theater season openers in and around Boston, in order of how long they are open to help you plan! Photo: Ken Yotsukura If you thought your wedding was hard to plan-- this one's a load. THE CEREMONY is a world premiere and [...]

Sep 23 2025

THEATER: SILENT SKY, OUR TOWN

By |2025-10-01T09:41:32-04:00September 23rd, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

Here's part II of my theater extravaganza, my take on 2 more productions which opened in the last two weeks! SILENT SKY now onstage and presented by Central Square Theater is another in a revelatory series of plays uncovering the little known and hardly dramatized stories of women pioneers in science. SILENT SKY is set [...]

Sep 22 2025

THEATER: PASSENGERS, FEATHERBABY, RENT, MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND

By |2025-10-01T09:41:32-04:00September 22nd, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

Stand back-- there's a whole lotta critiquing going on. This is one of the busiest fall theater seasons ever!  I've just come off of nine shows opening on stages in and around Boston, with more on the immediate horizon. Here's my take on four of them in order of how soon they will close-- so [...]

Aug 02 2025

THEATER: AS YOU LIKE IT

By |2025-10-01T09:41:32-04:00August 2nd, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

This is the 29th summer of Commonwealth Shakespeare's Company's FREE  production of Shakespeare on Boston Common and it is, indeed, AS YOU LIKE IT.  I like it too! Directed by CSC's Artistic Director Steven Maler, this is an exuberant, out of the box, big as all outdoors production of one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies. [...]

Jul 15 2025

THEATER: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL

By |2025-10-01T09:41:32-04:00July 15th, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

BACK TO THE FUTURE is a boundary-breaking technical tour de force!  It lifts us out of our seats and into the space/time continuum along with Marty McFly and an excellent cast who take us back to the beloved film! Based on the charming, witty, sci-fi classic released almost 40 years ago to the day-- July [...]

Jun 17 2025

THEATER WRAP UP: TWO STRANGERS CARRY A CAKE, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, OUR CLASS

By |2025-10-01T09:41:33-04:00June 17th, 2025|Theater|0 Comments

I am just about to begin a glorious summer sojourn but wanted to FLAG YOU on some real gems on stage NOW-- see these before they close! TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) and yes-- the North American Premiere of this hit WEST END musical comedy is worth the trip. These two take [...]

May 22 2025

THEATER: HELLO DOLLY!

By |2025-05-23T10:37:13-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: HELLO DOLLY!

WELL HELLO!! I must say, that this iconic, long-running, Tony-Award-winning musical HELLO DOLLY! has never been a fave of mine and I've seen a few incarnations of its heroine including the divinely daffy Carol Channing's signature stage turn  and Barbra Streisand's miscast movie version. AIMEE DOHERTY brings her musical theater chops, deepened vocals, comic timing, [...]

May 16 2025

THEATER/ THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

By |2025-05-17T13:42:40-04:00May 16th, 2025|Theater, Uncategorized|Comments Off on THEATER/ THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Get a ticket fast-- these will not last.  The Huntington has wrapped up its season by sending us off to Italy with its most elegant production yet— a stunning, full-throated, openhearted, operatic sweep of a musical, visually and vocally sumptuous! I was completely enveloped by THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. L to R: Sarah-Anne [...]

May 13 2025

THEATER: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, KIMBERLY AKINBO, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, FOUNDING F%!#ERS

By |2025-05-13T23:08:47-04:00May 13th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, KIMBERLY AKINBO, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, FOUNDING F%!#ERS

It's THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN right now: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING the Tony-nominated New England premiere now onstage. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage at the Calderwood, this comedy /drama by Jocelyn Bioh hits home at a hair salon on a hot Harlem summer day. Summer L.Williams directs an exceptional cast: Crystin Gilmore, MarHadoo Effeh,  Kwezi [...]

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