The Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee marks my second production of the facetious and dry work of William Finn. I am a particular fan of Finn. His sardonic humor and dissonant harmonies are, for me, enough to entertain. The Lyric Stage brought to Finn’s farce an [...]

A breeze off the water, the constant nautical call of a ship’s horn, an enthusiastic barking of a dog, and a familiar melody on a fuzzy radio mingle together to greet the audience of The Lyric Stage Company’s production of Groundswell and envelop us in a very specific time and place.  This New England Premiere [...]

The Lyric Stage Company second offering in its 2009-2010 Season is Dead Man’s Cell Phone, an avante garde little piece about a woman’s journey into the life of a complete stranger by taking possession of his cell phone in a café after his untimely death.  The Lyric’s intimate space was well utilized, lighting was effective [...]