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 [...]