“Slaves have options. Cowards ain’t got shit,” states the main character of New Repertory Theatre’s Passing Strange. Youth – as he is referred to in the playbook, and who remains nameless throughout this production – spends a great deal of the show making comparisons between his middle-class California life in the 1960’s to that of [...]
The Glorious Ones is the newest Boston-area premiere for The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company to claim as its own- and what a multi-faced little jewel of a production it was! From Ahrens and Flaherty’s evocative score, to Lindsay Hurley and AnneMarie Alvarez’ delightfully detailed costume design, this 90 minute romp into the historical world of Italian [...]
“The Last Five Years” (and Timeless Thoughts on Art and Love) As a fellow theatre artist, it is rare to experience a play that explores the intoxicating sadness of two artists falling in and out of love – or is it? Whether in New Repertory Theatre’s production of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, [...]
The sound of crashing waves surrounded me as I walked into the New Repertory Theatre in Watertown to take my seat for aferlife: a ghost story. Cristina Todesco’s set immediately caught my eye, as its realistic depiction of a beach was impeccable and I started to feel comforted by the crash of the waves and [...]
Oh boy I do love Christmas- and even if I didn’t, I sure would have to pretend I did, with the holiday mere days away! There are so many reasons to be merry, and so many joyful events to be a part of. With a holiday party around every corner, a holiday show in every [...]
Reminiscence and nostalgia are the catch phrases of Watertown Children’s Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, and arsenalArts production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Set in the eves of an attic with miscellaneous artifacts affixed to the wall, the snow-drifted stage gives the cozy but cold air of Charles Dickens’ mystical tale. The set suggests memory and the [...]
It’s difficult to review something I know so intimately as Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Besides having been a part of this production myself at Emerson College in 2005, I have seen many regional productions of the piece, from the dance floor at Axis to a small lecture hall at Tufts. It’s not hard to [...]
What a delight it was to watch an ominous, damp, and creeping sense of dis-ease spread over the audience members of The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company’s premiere offering of the 2009-2010 season, Nevermore. The set is ripe with the essence of decay, eerily lit, and surprisingly striking on the heels of the Company’s saccharine sweet summer [...]
F.U.D.G.E. stands for Friends United Developing Genuine Entertainment, and by simply walking into the Arsenal Center For The Arts to attend The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company’s recent production of The Wedding Singer, it isn’t hard to see why the acronym rings true. My companion and I were greeted by a warm and gracious staff that was [...]