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 [...]

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 [...]

“You are in for a treat, my friend,” I told my companion as we took our seats in the Calderwood Pavilion to see Speakeasy Stage Company’s last production of the season, The Great American Trailer Park Musical by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso.  I was admittedly unfamiliar with the show (so refreshing) but I did [...]

Gentle. Playful. Warm.  An enveloping feeling of welcome that is effervescent and buzzing with life.  The lasting, echoing flavor of a very good memory.  An evening with The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus is more than just your standard choral event.  Each song is lovingly selected at the hands of a dedicated conductor and music director, [...]

What a spectacular little gem of a show the Speakeasy Stage Company has bestowed upon us with their holiday offering, Reckless by Craig Lucas.  Without a hint of irony, Reckless manages to offer true manifestations of holiday emotions, joy, thankfulness, forgiveness, fear, loneliness- all without being preachy or hokey.  With colorful and imaginative set dressings [...]