Rothko! Fantastic! Inspirational! Yes! I was very excited to to invited to view this new production at the SpeakEasy. Red, a Tony Award winning play from 2010 is centered on the great painter, Rothko in the late 1950’s as he finishes his master piece murals for the soon to be opened Four Seasons Restaurant in [...]
Opening the 21st Season (they’re finally able to legally drink!) at SpeakEasy Stage Company is Geoffrey Nauffts’ Tony award-nominated play, Next Fall. With a cast chock full of talent tackling some incredibly engaging issues, Next Fall was a stellar (and seasonally appropriate) kickoff to the season. The central plot unfolds in a hospital waiting room [...]
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 [...]
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 Shirley, VT Play-Festival in a word: synergy. The Huntington, SpeakEasy, and Company One come together to present three works of play-write Annie Baker, all of which take place in the fictional town of Shirley, VT. You had me at Vermont. I was raised camping and skiing in Vermont, traditions I still maintain today. I [...]
Sarah Ruhl’s play concerning women’s sexual awakening and their men’s response in the electrical age is a thrilling subject. Ruhl stepped out of the box when writing this 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Nominated play. I had very high expectations for what was called a “laugh-out-loud provocative and touching play” but I was surprised [...]
“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 [...]
I am going to say right off the bat that I have a very intimate relationship with Elmer Rice’s play, The Adding Machine. Having played Mrs. Zero myself, and having been nominated for a National acting scholarship because of that performance (/ shameless self promotion) I feel not only an intimate bond with the character, [...]
It’s a difficult thing for a reviewer when they are tasked to write a review of something that is extremely dear to them. [title of show] captured my heart back in 2006 when I stumbled upon its brilliance at the Vineyard Theatre. An inventive, unique little piece that taps into the heart of any person [...]