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 [...]