Boston, it elates me to say, is an enclave for upstart, up-and-coming, unconventional and unseen theatre.  Boston houses countless theaters and likely thrice as many theatre companies. There is an incredible amount of diversity. The plethora of production companies and the cost of Boston real estate make establishing a new company an arduous process. Funding, [...]

On behalf of Boston Theatre Review,  I wanted to officially announce that the ability to comment on posts has been suspended.  I am really upset about this because I liked having your feedback about the reviews, and I liked reading what other people had to say about shows when they offered their opinions- but the [...]

A cool summer night kissed with a gentle breeze, the electric hum of thousands of excited audience members, and the clash of car horns mixed with the primal sounds of crickets chirping provided the perfect backdrop to one of Boston’s most anticipated summer events, the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare on the Common.  This year we [...]

The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company’s summer offering is the sweet and soulful Violet by Brian Crawley and Jeanine Tesori. A perfect closure to the company’s brooding season, Violet is an inspirational tale of a young girl on a journey of self discovery to find the true meaning of beauty after a childhood accident leaves her hopelessly [...]

Unfortunately, grim is the best way to describe Company One’s recent production of Grimm, a retelling of seven classic Brother’s Grimm fairy-tales.  Clocking in at a laborious 2 hours and forty five minutes, these “re-imagined” vignettes were not the dark and thoughtful pieces I had hoped for, but on the whole were a poorly written [...]