It's BEDLAM out there and I am referring to the rambunctious and fantastically subversive theater troupe out of NYC who takes a hearty bite out of Shakespeare, or rather two bites of the same juicy apple. The Bard called his gender-bending comedy of love, manners, and female empowerment TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL. BEDLAM takes the title literally and [...]
Summer is in full swing on stages in and around Boston now including two classic musicals, and a trip on the Neverland! North Shore Music Theatre opens its season with FUNNY GIRL the 1963 musical starring Barbra Streisand who went on to win an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film version. I mention Streisand because of [...]
Warren Jackson, Jacqui Parker & Jermel Nakia Let me help you make your Labor Day Weekend plans! Start by heading up to glorious Gloucester for a remarkable Gloucester Stage Company production of August Wilson's 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece FENCES, featuring an extraordinary performance among many great performances that make this production a must-see. [...]
Here's what's onstage this summer-- beginning with TWO productions right now in Boston-- and 11 MORE farther out, courtesy of my colleague ED SIEGEL at THE ARTERY! SMART PEOPLE-- a smashing world premiere production now at the Huntington Theatre Company's Second Stage (Calderwood Pavilion) is the latest from the brilliant Lydia R. Diamond. You may [...]
