PITTSFIELD - It’s no discredit to the performers, or indeed the script itself, to note that Lee Blessing’s 2005 play, “Going to St. Ives,’’ sometimes comes acro…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:43PMCAMBRIDGE — “Silver Spoon’’ starts off promisingly enough. The new musical by folk singer-activist Si Kahn and playwright Amy Merrill, premiering under the auspices o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:15PMOld hands know that the “marathon’’ aspect of the Boston Theater Marathon applies primarily to onlookers. The scores of actors involved in this charity event, held annually…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:14PMGorgeous and a great singer, 24-year old Hanan Mashalani has all the makings of a potential pop star. There’s just one problem: She’s “the wrong kind of brown,’’…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:04PMOn the surface, assemblage artist Joseph Cornell (1903-72) would seem an ideal subject for theatrical collagist Charles Mee. The pairing, however, results in a threadbare patchwork, at least…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:04PMPAWTUCKET, R.I. — As my mother used to warn, “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.’’ Christopher Durang, known for his absurdist esprit, makes a bold…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:52PMLOWELL — Biographical plays about the famous pose a particular challenge: Go with the too-obvious facts, and audiences will feel talked down to; venture into arcana, and it’s an …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:15PMTitle notwithstanding, “Pussy on the House’’ — a revival of the Gold Dust Orphans’ 2004 Elliot Norton Award-winning parody of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:17PMCAMBRIDGE — One thing you ought to know beforehand about “Prometheus Bound,’’ a brand-new rock opera based on a 2,500-year-old Greek drama, is that it is mind-numbing…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:09PMWho doesn’t enjoy a good yarn about outwitting the devil? Cultures all over the world have concocted variations on this theme. For “Ti-Jean & His Brothers,’’ an e…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:29PM‘Practically Perfect’’ is how the seemingly heaven-sent nanny Mary Poppins describes her character, when challenged by her querulous new charges at 17 Cherry Tree Lane. You…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:51PMLOWELL — Merrimack Rep is billing “Tryst’’ as an Edwardian “romantic thriller,’’ which is accurate enough, but also something of an understatement. …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:12PMPROVIDENCE — Stellar as Trinity Rep’s take on “The Christmas Carol’’ has proven over the past 35 years, it’s understandable that company vets might find t…
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