When Hackmatack Playhouse closes, that will leave, by my count, just one non-equity, professional summer resident theater in Maine: Acadia Rep (founded in 1973) located in Somesville, near B…
Despite a seven-year record of artistic, social, educational, and organizational success, Junior Programs has, until now, been a forgotten chapter in the history of America's children's t…
Grand Horizons at the Gloucester Stage Company is a wild, funny, and sometimes wonderfully touching ride.
Shakespeare's text has been streamlined for easy consumption on a summer's evening -- there's no intermission, lots of physical comedy, and a party vibe.
Once it gets its bearings, Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets, tosses and turns its way through the throes of hidden romance, miscommunication, reconciliation and, eventually, heartbreak.
My point is obvious: real estate is key to the survival of the small theater scene.
This is an indelibly zany concoction: part homage, part esprit de corps, part mediation on screwball comedy as a form of modest but invigorating cheer.
What elevates An Iliad beyond the routine is MaConnia Chesser's dazzling performance as The Poet.
Common Ground Revisited infuses new life into J. Anthony Lukas's book, but it doesn't offer any easy answers. The play fills in the fine details, deepening our understanding of how we got he…
Woody Sez falls short as a compelling chronicle of Guthie's life and times. It becomes a sort of "greatest hits" round-up and the steady stream of music is moving and then some.
This is a quicksilver drama about how a loving couple reacts as devastating bolts of lightning strike.
Maybe I am an alarmist and the rich and powerful know something the rest of us don't. Perhaps the midterms will not put another nail in the coffin of democracy. Apparently, it will be busine…
A refreshing and witty hip-hop spin on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.
This revival of 1776 tries to strike a culture wars balance, celebrating the country's commitment to independence while also here and there skewering the idealized images and blatant hypocri…
As National Pride Month begins, The Inheritance is a powerful way to honor and remember the impossible journey so many have taken to win the right to simply be themselves in public.
What will guarantee obsolescence? If members of the BTCA continue to embrace a "whatever is, is right" attitude to Boston's stage scene.
Two dark comedies explore American and British subcultures far below the line of decency.
Personable but bracing, Sea Sick delivers an essential message: not only about the damage that is being done to the oceans, but the horrors that are coming down the pike.
The musical's book, lyrics, and score are strong enough to warrant productions elsewhere.
Isaac Butler's stories about The Method's effect on American film acting are insightful, particularly when he recounts how actors could be either inspired or angered when they embraced it.
This sizzling production of Ain't Misbehavin' is one of those on-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater. The post Theater Review: "Ain't Misbehavin'" " The Joint is Rea…
In Miss Holmes Returns, dramatist Christopher M. Walsh has involved the gender-switched pair in an entertaining yarn of uncertainty, betrayal and social justice. The post Theater Review: "Mi…
"Plays about climate are notoriously difficult , not only because the science is complex and has become politicized, but also because audiences don't flock to work that shows us the terrifyi…
Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts's new Broadway play features an intriguing premise and a shocking denouement. The post Theater Review: "The Minutes" on Broadway Beguiles and Befuddles app…
Kirsten Greenidge's epic comic drama is a spot-on examination of the challenges changing times pose to evolving families. The post Theater Review: "Our Daughters, Like Pillars" " Bearing th…