It's theater round up time--some hits, some misses. Here's the lay of the land as it looks to me: Now onstage and presented by Apollinaire Theatre Company known for its excellent and offbeat slate of offerings in a modest space is THE ANTELOPE PARTY. This droll but disturbing and universally resonant play is especially timely [...]
The Lyric Stage company has gone from THE WOLVES to THE LITTLE FOXES, Lillian Hellman's classic about a ravenous pack of southerners hungry for a business deal that would satiate their need for even greater wealth and power. This melodrama set in the antebellum south is brilliantly helmed by Scott Edmiston, staged on a glorious [...]
I've grown accustomed to seeing MY FAIR LADY. With each viewing I have been more or less delighted, entertained, and amused by this classic, onstage and onscreen. But never did I expect to be newly aroused by the characters, or for the first time find Henry Higgins of "romantic" interest, let alone care about the socio-economic struggle underpinning this tale about a linguistics professor [...]
The first productions of the new year have hit the boards--some harder than others. But the New England premiere of IMAGINING MADOFF at New Rep Theatre in Watertown is right on the money. I've never personally encountered Mr. Madoff, but Jeremiah Kissel gives us a mighty, provocative, visceral, and wholly credible performance. Written by Deborah [...]
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET--is worth maybe $100,000. Now onstage at the Colonial (the video above features a different cast) the show speculates on what actually happened the night of Dec. 4, 1956 when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis met at producer Sam Phillips studio and improvised an historic jam session, later dubbed [...]
There are three musicals now onstage in Boston. Only one really gave me a lift: The Tony award-winning IN THE HEIGHTS which has just been extended at The SpeakEasy Stage! Their production is MUCH better than the bloodless hip-jiggling, shoulder-shimmying Broadway roadshow that salsa-ed through town a few seasons ago. I thought it prosaic with [...]
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. [...]
So much to see so little time...Here goes! NOW OR LATER: It's a compact 80 minute tour de force about politics, family, "packaging," and the fine line between compromise and corruption. It builds to an explosive climax that left me breathless-- and pouring over the aftermath. This Huntington Theatre production of the American premiere by [...]
TIME STANDS STILL -- in a photograph-- but what is its value, and its cost? These are the questions a photojournalist must ask herself in one of the smartest new Broadway plays now onstage in Boston at The Lyric Stage Company: TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies. Under Scott Edmiston's astute direction, this expert ensemble [...]
