The number of times I have seen a production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown has escaped me, but without a doubt The Longwood Players production of this simple, yet timeless piece, was a true depiction of and tribute to the American Institution that is Charles Schultz Peanuts comic strip. Director Kaitlyn Chantry led [...]
It’s difficult to review something I know so intimately as Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Besides having been a part of this production myself at Emerson College in 2005, I have seen many regional productions of the piece, from the dance floor at Axis to a small lecture hall at Tufts. It’s not hard to [...]
What a delight it was to watch an ominous, damp, and creeping sense of dis-ease spread over the audience members of The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company’s premiere offering of the 2009-2010 season, Nevermore. The set is ripe with the essence of decay, eerily lit, and surprisingly striking on the heels of the Company’s saccharine sweet summer [...]
There is always something comforting about returning to a familiar place, and I was very happy to get the chance to return to one of my favorite little spaces, the Winthrop Playhouse, to see their production of The Wedding Singer, this weekend. The Playmakers have produced some of my favorite versions of popular musicals to [...]
F.U.D.G.E. stands for Friends United Developing Genuine Entertainment, and by simply walking into the Arsenal Center For The Arts to attend The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company’s recent production of The Wedding Singer, it isn’t hard to see why the acronym rings true. My companion and I were greeted by a warm and gracious staff that was [...]
Alright, I admit it, I laughed when I found out that The Color Purple musical was actually, officially titled, “Oprah Winfrey Presents The Color Purple”. My musical-loving crew was quick to disparage the production for evoking the big “O”, but as a long time fan of the book and film, I was reluctant to give [...]
Turtle Lane’s intimate playing space was not at its best this past week as it ended its month long run of Mel Brooks’ The Producers. The normally intimate 120 seat theatre was awkwardly crammed with tables and oddly placed chairs. In this “cabaret style”, sight lines were terrible and it was impossible to get up [...]
I caught the final night of the touring cast of Spring Awakening on Sunday evening, with a mixture of apprehension and mock excitement. Besides the obvious 2007 Tony Winning New Musical Hype Machine that has been following this show across the country, it is also pimping the soon to be “Original Cast Tour” of Rent [...]