Boston Lyric Opera has been pushing the excitement factor for their new production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for quite some time. I totally bought into it and have been holding my breath for the show that was to come. Not only did  BLO have their regular outreach programs at the Library and [...]

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 [...]

An explosion recently occurred at the Factory Theatre. Like a tempest, the cast of the Independent Drama Society’s Romeo and Juliet tore through the space, leaving everyone present changed. From start to finish, audience members’ imaginations were held captive by the vivid, intricate characters portrayed on stage. Upon entering the theatre, one notes the punk [...]

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 [...]

I am ever leery of productions of Shakespeare.  Too often it feels as though the actors are not exactly sure of what they are saying.  Surely a name like The Actors’ Shakespeare Project would imply an understanding of Shakespeare. With their production of Othello, the company demonstrated a commitment to Shakespeare’s story and words.  The [...]

William Shakespeare would have rolled over in his grave if he had heard last night’s performance of Best Of Both Worlds at the A.R.T.- but only to get his ear closer to the magnificent sound! In the true spirit of the long dead king of writers, Randy Weiner, Diedre Murray and Diane Paulus have re-imagined [...]