This musical based on the silly 1979 film fails to capture the fun of the era.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMThis striking adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's complex sci-fi novel unfolds with admirable simplicity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01PMLynne Winsterstellar and Nancy Johnston give deft performances in Kari Floren's dramedy about two long-time friends.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSusan Charlotte's play about two old friends is too full of dramatic gimmickry.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMThis brilliant docudrama revisits the struggle for women's voting rights.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMRivka Bekerman-Greenberg's play about a Holocaust survivor and her family is well acted, but feels more like a case study than a full-bodied drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMThis new musical set in a jazz club is sunk by its witless, unoriginal script.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMThe Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg offers a well-acted but inertly staged production of Anton Chekhov's classic drama at BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMMary Beth Peil is excellent as an aging violinist in Willy Holtzman's note-perfect play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMario Fratti's mystery about the death of a sexually adventurous Democratic fundraiser is ploddingly plotted.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMarcella Goheen's solo docudrama about her family's history is remarkably self-indulgent.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMJacob Appel's play about three squabbling siblings is too predictable and belabored.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThis musical spoof of 1970s "disaster" movies is downright hilarious.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMErin Browne's fantasy tale set in the future is too simplistic to fully care about.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMPatrick Woodall and Jessica Myhr give adroit performances in this 18th-century play about a young apprentice who falls for a manipulative courtesan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMCatherine Treischmann's intriguing play pits a Kansas teenager against his teacher.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThis modest sequel to Michael Morpurgo's runaway hit War Horse is an all-too-predictable tale.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMDavid Jenkins' homey play about life in a small Illinois town packs both surprising depth and humor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMichael Cristofer gives a riveting performance in Evan Weiner's too-predictable play about the capture of Adolf Eichmann.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMJaygee Macapugay delivers a charismatic performance in Pan Asian Repertory's revival of this otherwise middling tuner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMCarla Ching's excellent new play is an update on Hansel and Gretel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMProspect Theater Company revives this hilarious musical about two song-and-dance men conscripted to Moscow during the Cold War.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMJim and Ruth Bauer's Weimar-era musical is lush and transporting.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMJulia Jarcho's artily fractured play makes it hard for audiences to connect the narrative dots.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe Goodspeed Opera House presents a sumptuous revival of the exceedingly well-conceived Broadway musical by Larry Gelbart, Cy Coleman, and David Zippel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMJohn Morgiello's little gem of a comedy focuses on an overloaded theater literary manager and his ambitious acolyte.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThis musical about a transgender community in Georgia doesn't do full justice to its innately compelling subject.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThis evening of thematically-linked one-act plays, written by authors such as Beth Henley and Theresa Rebeck, is beautifully varied and paced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMJohn Malkovich stars in this oddly conceived piece that combines classical music with the story of a real-life psychopath.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Boston Globe review of Cape Playhouse's regional premiere of "Unnecessary Farce" starring Dee Hoty, Michael McGrath, John Scherer, Jennifer Cody, and Jeremy Webb.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:09PMDENNIS - Actors have an edge when it comes to writing for actors: Just ask Molière. Actor/playwright Paul Slade Smith, whose “Unnecessary Farce’’ is enjoying a whip-sm…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:44PM
