RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric’s momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister’s expert conducting nor the orchestra’s …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:16PMPUPPET SHOW Ethan Lipton’s Luther received rave reviews when it premiered in New York last June, yet it enjoyed only a brief run. So it makes sense that Steep Theater would want to try out…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:53PMRELIABLE CROWD-PLEASER ONCE AGAIN, WELL, PLEASES THE CROWD Puccini’s La Bohème has succeeded numerous times at Lyric Opera since its first performance in 1954, but their newest production…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMFIFTY SHADES PUREED The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has made millions, maybe billions, of dollars and counting, having set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58PMD’ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s op…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:27PMSTAGNANT YET SATIATING Giuseppe Verdi wrote Simon Boccanegra in 1857, but it is the revised 1881 version which the Lyric Opera is presenting in a stiff yet satisfying production. After se…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:43AMOPERA WITH A TASTE FOR BLOOD The word “opera” normally elicits memories of sound—an orchestra roiling, an aria peaking—but in an effort to innovate the public’s preconceived notion…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AMBLAND MEAT COOKED WELL IN THE SPITFIRE GRILL Boho Theatre’s rendition of James Valcq and Fred Alley’s simple musical The Spitfire Grill demonstrates the redemptive power of acceptance, f…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:24PMWRONG IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, OR A TREK THROUGH PEDANTRY Middle-aged misogynist, pedant, and poet Henry Dennett has a chip on his shoulder and a worm in his gut—literally, a gigantic tapewo…
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