In the last days of summer, an out-of-this-world, world premiere, end-of-the-world musical has sprung up at OBERON (through September 8) the A.R.T.'s second stage where anything can and often does happen. BURN ALL NIGHT seems to be channeling the zeitgeist as it speaks to looming disaster: four millennials trying to find their way through life [...]
Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist Eve Ensler's body is her "pre-occupation and her occupation," the focus of her body of work beginning with THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and most recently her 2013 memoir turned stage adaptation now having its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater. IN THE BODY OF THE WORLD is not for the faint of [...]
There's a pile of new shows onstage in town-- and I will sort through it for you right now! CAPS FOR SALE: The Musical--Take the kids to see this world premiere production based on the classic children's book, whimsically performed by Boston Children's Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion. This tale of Pezzo the Peddler and his passel of caps burgled by a [...]
I hate to be the grinch, but the New Rep's New England Premiere of the new "steam punk" musical THE SNOW QUEEN left me cold. Almost numb. Neither enchanting nor uplifting, the show is overlong, with a fussy book, a clunky, bland "pop rock" score, cliched lyrics, and wobbly vocals, and marked by one of the most "awkward-bordering-on-creepy" scenes on [...]
THE SHAPE SHE MAKES-- floored me. I have always known that we are driven by our unconscious desires, hangups, hurts; that we are deeply formed early on by our first experiences within the family dynamic. Yes, I spent years in therapy, but never have I seen this "through-line" as clearly drawn-- dramatically, musically, and choreographically-- [...]
Just in time for Hallowe'en-- drag queens are invading our stages! If you pop on over to OBERON (part club, part theater) on the edge of Harvard Square, you'll be caught between a rocky horror and a hard place (...if you know what I mean.) at THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW!!!! The fabulous Ryan Landry founder [...]
