LOVE LANGUAGES A cabaret performance in Vienna's smallest opera house In Vienna, there's the Staatsoper (very large, very elegant, very impressive, opened in 1869) and the Volksoper (not qui…
DARK VICTORY Â Disability transformed in a gripping and tension-filled noir Director Weylin Symes provides unerring direction of the classic thriller Wait Until Dark at the Greater Boston …
WE WON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT 'TIL IT'S GONE An exploration of what it means to be human through the consciousness of the machines we created SpeakEasy Stage presents the New England premier …
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ARMENIAN WRITER ZABEL YESSAYAN BROUGHT TO THE STAGE A reflective memory play balancing biography, imagination, and urgency In keeping with Boston Playwrights' Theatre'…
LITTLE PATIENCE FOR LITTLE WOMEN Girls interrupted, potential unrealized Actors' Shakespeare Project is an esteemed local theater company here in Greater Boston and frankly one of my favorit…
A PRESSURE COOKER OF A PRODUCTION A thriller that examines the effects of social media Josephine Moshiri Elwood (Jane) and Dennis Trainor Jr. (Loyd) pull out all the stops in Job, an 80-minu…
A REIMAGINING OF A HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC Frothy fun with an affirmingly progressive perspective The art deco sets (Scott Pask, scenic design), broad-shouldered plaids (Gregg Barnes, costumes), a…
NO LYIN' ABOUT THIS ADORABLE LION A story about rules and when it is right to break them The four-year-old I took to the Adam Theater production of Library Lion at the Calderwood Pavilion in…
THIS SHOW IS ALIVE … WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC A classic musical celebrates the power of music to promote authenticity How do you solve a problem like"presenting a musical that is so familia…
SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED Ragtime, Liberation, and the unfinished work of women's equality Even when we know better, most of us seem to think that history proceeds in a linear manner. Life in …
WONDER OF WONDERS! A musical that refuses pity and earns its hope American Repertory Theater's world premiere of the musical adaptation of R. J. Palacio's best-selling Wonder and the eponymo…
GO TELL IT! There are many ways to celebrate the holiday season on Boston-area stages, ranging from dance interpretations of The Nutcracker to performances and revisions of Dickens, to the e…
AN OMINOUS AND DISORIENTING THRILLER A meticulously staged interrogation that tightens its grip minute by minute In theater and in life, some risks are worth taking. Others may not be worth …
DICKENS IN AN IRISH PUB ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ The New England premiere of An Irish Carol by playwright Matthew Keenan offers a fresh take on C…
TRIED AND TRUE ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Annie is an excellent choice for Boston University Wheelock Family Theatre's holiday offering this year. …
MORE NAUGHTY THAN NICE, WITH PLENTY OF SPICE ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ As they have for the past thirty years, Ryan Landry's Gold Dust Orphans hon…
THE KEYS OF KNOWLEDGE What can I say about a show that offers one moment of delight after another while holding the anguish of parental narcissism, the joy of discovering one's own identity,…
A BRIDGE TO UNDERSTANDING There may have been, at some point in human history, an evolutionary advantage to sorting other people into "us" and "them." But with modern weapons technology, wha…
A HOLIDAY CAROL THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES If you're looking for a holiday treat, look no further than the delightful production of A Sherlock Carol at the Lyric Stage. Brilliantly direct…
SPECTACULARLY CONFUSING You don't need me to tell you that J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has tapped into something deeply elemental for many people. Her stories about a young wizard an…
WOMEN ON THE VERGE Central Square Theater's lovely production of playwright David Auburn's (Proof) Summer, 1976 offers a story of two women who find an unexpected friendship at a tipping poi…
GUNNING FOR PUERTO RICO Stephen Sondheim chose an unlikely topic for his 1990 Assassins, a musical that portrays assassinating or attempting to assassinate a president is as American as popu…
THINGS THAT GO BOOM AND JUST RIGHT It's impossible to see a production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick … Boom! without seeing it as a precursor to his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent. …
GREEN SCALES AND SHAM I generally count on SpeakEasy Stage for stellar productions of innovative and ground-breaking plays and musicals. But that history, along with fine performances and ch…
CLOTHES MIGHT MAKE THE MAN, BUT NOT THIS SHOW Costumes were essential to the success of superstar Cher. She and her singing partner and husband Sonny Bono first burst on the music scene in t…