THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES is a rarity -- a multidimensional musical that speaks to this moment with all of the nuances of a real life lived, and at the heart of it a thrilling, complex, masterful performance by Kristin Chenoweth. That this world premiere musical is also now debuting in our own backyard at Boston's [...]
Take one of the most flagrant miscarriages of justice in American history, fueled by racial hatred, hitch it to a minstrel show and you’ve got “The Scottsboro Boys.” Even more painfully relevant now than when it opened on Broadway in 2010, the Tony-nominated musical is having its New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company in [...]
Come to the 30th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS: 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 [...]
YOU MUST SEE The Tony Award-winning Broadway show FELA now playing at Boston's Cutler Majestic Theatre!! It's a spectacularly inspiring hybrid: theater, music, dance, biography, history lesson, political rally, religious experience, and the first theatrical production I've REALLY wanted to write about in awhile. Directed and choregraphed by the great Bill T. Jones, FELA is [...]
