GREAT week around town--theater is thriving and the Mayor--though barely mobile- is everywhere! I popped into his office this week and presented His Honor with THE ELLIOT NORTON CHAMPION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AWARD! Play below or click here to download video which we'll play at the "Norties" Monday night May 13 at the Paramount [...]
So much to see, so little time-- here are few more productions in order of preference beginning with: 33 VARIATIONS--This lovely and satisfying production at the Lyric Stage, elegantly directed by Spiro Veloudos and written by Moises Kaufman, is a tale of two creative minds trying to solve a problem in a race against time. [...]
If you read and liked the 2003 best seller by Khaled Hosseini- you'll recognize the slavishly reproduced play: New Rep's season opener THE KITE RUNNER. Though I'm told it's faithful, the life has apparently been drained out of it. Set in 1970's Kabul Afghanistan, THE KITE RUNNER tells a tale of friendship between two boys [...]
