73 stories by "Jenna Scherer"
There's a secondhand feeling pervading Sarna Lapine's production of "South Pacific," the Rodgers and Hammerstein...
"Next Fall" proves that, like real life, the action of a play doesn't have to be limited to one genre. Geoffrey...
Robert Brustein can't actually be serious about this play. He's just messing with us, right? That's the only explanation...
"Steel Magnolias" is to a theater season what mashed potatoes are to a dinner: predictable and mild, but also undeniably...
Every progressive theater company worth its salt these days seems intent on breaking down the wall between audience...
Theater may be the only animal that hibernates in the summer. But this fall season is full to bursting with shows...
Though they've had only 15 days to rehearse, there's rarely been an ensemble that's so at ease with each other...
It's that time of year again, kids, when Cirque du Soleil makes its annual pit stop here, and we all get a crick...
We can't seem to get enough of the '90s these days. Nickelodeon is re-airing all of its classic Clinton-era TV...
The Lyric Stage Company has a thing for staging classic literature. Last season, artistic director Spiro Veloudos...
Let's be honest here: No one goes to see "Footloose" for the story. That went for the 1984 film, and it goes double...
Where's the line between revision and re-writing? That's the question as -anticipation swells for "The Gershwins'...
Watching "All's Well That Ends Well," two things become clear: Shakespeare was a genius even at his least moments,...
Every generation needs its rock musical. The baby boomers had "Hair," Gen-Xers had "Rent," and the millennials...
Nothing stays buried in "Last Day," Richard Vetere's new play set in a graveyard - including his lesser instincts...
This summer, the free, outdoor Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is departing from its usual fare of popular plays...
"Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera" is a lot like the scandal it's named for: a little lurid, a little tough to swallow...
Before mounting a theatrical adaptation of a movie, you'd hope that at some point someone would ask, "Does this...
Fourteen years down the line, "Good Will Hunting" still stands as one of Boston's biggest points of pride. It helped...
Musicals performed in midair have been getting a bad rap lately, thanks to a certain web-slinging behemoth on Broadway....
Musicals work best when they're about subjects that people can get worked up about - star-crossed love, the French...
Boston is a city of wide and varying opinions, but some things are universally accepted: The Bruins are awesome,...
Warning: If you are not the most die-hard of Celtics buffs, "The Auerbach Dynasty" is not for you. And I don't...
