“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 [...]

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 [...]

Speakeasy Stage Company starts of their 2009-2010 season with a bang, offering Evan Smith’s The Savannah Disputation.  Part theology lesson, part situation comedy, Smith combines a cast of ridiculous but loveable characters with a somewhat serious subject matter- and the results are a delightful foray into the spiritual mind of four uniquely stubborn personalities.  Smith’s [...]

Call me a theatre snob, (no, really, go ahead, I’m still 60k in debt for my Master’s in Theatre, it is the least you can do) but there just aren’t a lot of opportunities for me to see shows in Boston that I have never seen or heard much about.  That is why I jumped [...]