AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS AT THE LYRIC STAGE ★★☆☆☆ Forget “whodunnit,” the bigger question is “who cares.” An ensemble cast of beloved local actors doing their best is what Murder on the Orient Express boils down to. Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie murder mystery […]
PEAK ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE: BOSTON’S LARGER STAGES DON’T NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE MOVIES. THEY NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE SMALL STAGES.
Boston’s larger stages don’t need to be more like the movies. They need to be more like the small stages. Theater critic Ed Siegel incensed some—and drew applause from others—when he published a divisive, bold essay last week bemoaning the current state of Boston theater. In his piece, which was published by WBUR’s […]
A JOURNEY OF ENGAGEMENT: DAVID BYRNE READIES AMERICAN UTOPIA FOR BOSTON, THEN BROADWAY
How did it feel walking in the doors of the Colonial and seeing this incredible building for the first time? It’s a very amazing looking place. As I was saying to some of the theater people, I bet there are people that come to see a show here just to be in this place. […]
THE RIGHT WAY TO DO SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
★★★★☆ After drinking and spitting out scotch (read: paint thinner) for the fourth time, Thomas Colleymoore (Robert Grove) shouts—for the fourth time—“Good God! I needed that.” It seems that The Play That Goes Wrong is just what the audience needed. A chance to laugh, even guffaw, at a show that’s equal parts smart […]
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 […]
