I jumped a foot out of my seat in the first act of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY the terrifically entertaining theatrical production currently scaring the pants off Boston audiences-- bring an extra pair. Now in a strictly limited PRE-BROADWAY run at the EMERSON COLONIAL THEATRE, this brilliantly calibrated thrill fest is so much better than the hit [...]
I have been at the theater every night this week and sometimes twice a day. Here are two of the best of what I've seen and how I see it: STEREOPHONIC: A masterpiece--from concept to execution. It's what happens when you lock a 70's rock band and two engineers in a recording studio until they [...]
SPRING has sprung with a number of delightful, moving, first rate productions now in bloom on Boston stages! Here's my take on two of them, both of which speak to the moment we are in: the indispensability of LOVE and COMPASSION and the tragic consequences when they are missing. A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE [...]
Once upon a time...there was a brilliant Tony Award-winning musical INTO THE WOODS by the late great Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine which won three Tony's its first time out. Now its first acclaimed Broadway production in 20 years has made its way from the great white way to Boston's Colonial Theatre with much of [...]
THREE TO SEE ONSTAGE NOW: "SIX The Musical" at the Emerson Colonial Theatre! I first saw it at the American Repertory Theater in 2019, reviewed it then (read what I said here), and haven't changed my mind about its problems, but this time I enjoyed it more. It's won a pair of Tonys for original [...]
I left the show trailing streamers, confetti and what was left of my breath. The world premiere, Broadway-bound musical MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL has just reopened America's oldest and most beautiful theatre, Boston's Emerson Colonial -- and what a rebirth! The show is a no holds barred, dazzling live theatrical reinvention of Baz Luhrman's Oscar-nominated [...]
