The lucky guests of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Pride Concert, “All You Need is Love,” The Music of the Beatles, were treated to more than just a musical performance of light and nostalgic Beatles tunes. This music-concert-come- ballet, the brain child of Kevin Robinson, strings the Beatles songs we know and love loosely around [...]
Hearing the very first minutely affected syllable breathed through a totally dark theatre, I knew that I was in for something special as an audience member of Speak Easy Stage Company’s final production of the season, Tony award winning, The Drowsy Chaperone. Our narrator, “Man in chair”, is quick to bring us into the particulars [...]
The Glorious Ones is the newest Boston-area premiere for The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company to claim as its own- and what a multi-faced little jewel of a production it was! From Ahrens and Flaherty’s evocative score, to Lindsay Hurley and AnneMarie Alvarez’ delightfully detailed costume design, this 90 minute romp into the historical world of Italian [...]
It’s a brand new year for the Boston theatre scene, and most of the local production companies are well into their seasons. Their holiday shows just a pleasant memory, it’s time to up the ante and add a little “pow” to the hum-drum winter months in order to keep their audiences awake through the seasonal [...]
I’ve become quite a Boston Gay Men’s Chorus fan. Sometimes, I wonder if there is anything original I can say after having the pleasure of viewing one of their performances. The music, always carefully selected or painstakingly created by Music Director Reuben M. Reynolds and Assistant Music Director Chad Weirick, is always beautifully and passionately [...]
When you have had just about all the tinsel, eggnog, and crowded malls that you can possibly handle, Speakeasy Stage Company’s Striking 12 is like a deep breath of fresh air to clear your lungs of all the chestnuts and winter berry. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with holiday shows that come [...]
The Vokes Theatre is an intimate playhouse that evokes the feeling of an Italian Renaissance stage. Long and narrow, the play space is painfully close to the audience and the audience is painfully close to one another with barely enough room to sit without knees touching the seat in front of you. While my companion [...]
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 [...]