Here are four recommendations, the best, the bawdiest, most delightful, and thoroughly musical offerings onstage now: beginning with The Huntington's MAN IN THE RING which is simply a masterpiece and THE BEST PRODUCTION ONSTAGE NOW. This is a profoundly moving, complex, brilliantly performed and conceived bio-drama about fighter Emile Griffiths here played by two actors, [...]
Let's begin with STRAIGHT WHITE MEN-- since most things do. But time's up and now what? That's the question raised by playwright Young Jean Lee in her Broadway hit now having its New England premiere onstage presented by New Rep Theatre. First, I am a fan of another work of Lee's-- "We're Gonna Die" which [...]
Still catching my breath and catching up with three more on the boards to check out: REGULAR SINGING at NEW REP THEATRE takes the final bite out of the four-part “The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country ” cycle of plays by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson. We now know this family intimately as [...]
Nancy E.Carroll and Michael Kaye. Photo by Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo In MOTHERS & SONS, we never meet the son, but we meet his mother immediately, center stage, heavily defended in thick fur. Katherine (Nancy E. Carroll) has just paid a surprise visit to her deceased son's former partner Cal (Michael Kaye) and [...]
Musicals take the stage in Boston this spring--and it's hit and miss. HIT: INTO THE WOODS, Stephen Sondheim's brilliant, bittersweet musical romp through the thicket of life, and Lyric Stage Company of Boston has mounted a marvelous production directed by Spiro Veloudos which has just been extended through June 29th! We're talking ingenious sets (including [...]
There are two extremely well-executed classics on stage in Boston right now, but you couldn't find two more wildly different experiences, in theme and execution: the first a tragedy about illusions that destroy, and the other a comedy about illusions that reveal and make merry; one realistic/naturalistic, the other, cutting edge-- with puppets! Lyric Stage [...]
It's marvelously entertaining, warm, funny, sweet and a bit bawdy at the same time-- and you're in luck BECAUSE: The Lyric Stage Company of Boston has extended the run of AVENUE Q for one more week- due to unprecedented ticket demand! Absolutely must close July 1!! Avenue Q is now the highest grossing production in [...]
