ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL
★★★★★ She’s back and better than ever and all is right with the world. She shines bright like a rare diamond, glittering and gleaming anew. Promise you’ll never scare us like that again, okay? Oh, hold on. I’m sorry. You probably thought I was talking about the newly renovated Emerson Colonial […]
HAROLD WHO? JENNIFER ELLIS SHINES IN THE MUSIC MAN
★★★☆☆ Reagle Music Theatre occupies a vital place in the cultural ecosystem of the Greater Boston Area: It’s the only place you’re likely to see a classic musical with a full orchestra and a cast of more than 50. I love the way that Reagle evokes the summer stock tradition and presents golden […]
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? CARPAL TUNNEL
NAKED VILLAINY UNDER THE STARS: RICHARD III ON THE COMMON
★★★★☆ It’s been only five months since the last production of Richard III hit Boston, so I was relatively unenthused when Commonwealth Shakespeare Company announced it as their choice for this summer’s free Shakespeare on the Common. But Steven Maler’s stylish, electric production—which will run through Aug 5—makes a great case for its […]
ALADDIN IS ALL ABOUT THE GENIE
★★★★☆ Aladdin may not boast the artistry of The Lion King or the heart of Beauty and the Beast—Disney’s best stage adaptations—but it proves to be a pretty decent musical with much to admire. Just as Robin Williams’s film Genie gave adults plenty to delight in, this Genie—played on tour by the sensational […]
LARGE VOID, DEEP CUTS
Yearning for more DIY space in Greater Boston, one restaurant guy takes the plunge
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? TEXAS
A WEED GROWS IN PHILLY: LEFTOVERS AT COMPANY ONE
★★★☆☆ Like many Summer Williams productions, Josh Wilder’s Leftovers is a big-hearted play with big ideas that takes big risks. In this world premiere production, which will run at Dorchester’s Strand Theatre through Aug 18, those risks only pay off some of the time. But even when they don’t, they hint at something […]
IN CHELSEA, ONE HELL OF A DREAM: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM AT APOLLINAIRE THEATRE
★★★★★ If there’s only one thing you do this week, it should be to find time to get to Chelsea’s PORT Park to catch Apollinaire Theatre Company’s practically perfect (and free) production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It isn’t only that this outdoor production takes full and inventive advantage of Chelsea’s […]
