Hub Theatre features an impressive ensemble of male actors to perform and excel in a laugh-out-loud, hold-your-sides, bring-your-Shakespeare-philes production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] at Club Café. This production works in ways that their prior performances have not. First, the small cast is a tight ensemble unit featured fluidly throughout the evening […]
Brian Friel’s Translations is a tough code to crack. The 1980 three-act play by the Irish playwright is a piece about language, and while it has many other themes and ideas, it’s ultimately about how we communicate. However, Friel communicates in such heavy-handed tones that you can’t help feeling like you’re a child listening to […]
Me and My Girl at Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston in Waltham is a whimsical look at the by-gone days of lords and ladies, titles and toddies, coats of arms and family crests. Underneath the silliness of the plot, Reagle Music Theatre’s impressive cast finds heart in loyalty, love, and lots of laughter. While […]
Actor, director, and now writer, Kevin Cirone has been toiling away for over two years now, working on his new musical Creative License, which premiered last weekend at The Davis Square Theater in Somerville after a lengthy development. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised and entertained by what turned out to be […]
August is a slow month for theatre in Boston; many thespians decide to escape on a last-minute vacation before the fall season begins, and many theatre companies busily try to complete their seasons (we’re still waiting on a few companies to release their entire slate of production titles). However, surprisingly, we have more than enough […]
By all counts, Is He Dead? should have been a side-splittingly funny night of well-produced theater. Vokes Players has been putting up some consistently strong productions lately, and with Laura Espy at the helm as director, I was looking forward to seeing this rather unusual show in this quirky little venue. The show delivered on […]
Productions are organized by Date of Opening. If your production is not listed, send information (performance dates; link to production information; link to company website; and link to online ticket site, if available). Send information for September productions by August 22, 2014. July 9 – Aug. 2, 2014 MACBETH Bay Colony Shakespeare Tickets July 10 […]
Entering the Factory Theatre’s space (possibly for the last time; RIP, Factory), I was greeted by the familiar bell-and-whistle tunes of an old-school arcade. We, the audience, sat around the thrust stage and faced the prize counter, with several toys hanging above it, a sign hanging in front of it spelling out “Welcome Home Lulu […]