BARE STAGE AT FESTIVAL THEATRE COMPANY no stars If I do nothing else this year but spare you from suffering through Michael Walker’s bare stage, then 2019 will have been a very successful year for me. Undeniably the most miserable, misguided, and self-indulgent play I have ever seen, bare stage […]
OH, WHAT A MANGLED WEB: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★☆☆☆ It’s no wonder that Kiss of the Spider Woman, Kander and Ebb’s ambitious but faulty 1992 musical, is so rarely revived. It isn’t only that the score is second rate or that the script (by Terrence McNally) is unremarkable and problematic, but that its success is dependent upon a production that can […]
AN ALL-MALE LIAISONS AND AN ALL-FEMALE DIVAS MISS THEIR MARK
Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Central Square Theater ★★☆☆☆ The idea of an all-male Les Liaisons Dangereuses is one that I find appealing. On paper, at least, such a concept could offer up some fascinating observations about gender and sexuality. And even if this classic story of seduction and debauchery failed to be […]
