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 […]
IT’S TURKEY LURKEY TIME: LYRIC STAGE SCORES WITH THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
★★★★☆ Turkeys aren’t the only creatures on the chopping block in The Thanksgiving Play, an irresistible satire by Larissa FastHorse currently in its final week at the Lyric Stage Company. No, there’s another pitiable creature—far more common in these deep blue parts—taking the brunt of abuse. It isn’t a trashing, mind you, […]
ON STAGE NOW: THE FANGS THAT BIND, A CHURCH DIVIDED, AND ONE OF THE WORST PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN
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 […]
TELL IT STRONG AND CLEAR
“I thought, there’s more than one woman in Camelot,” said Veloudos, “and to fill out the kingdom you have to have more women involved, or Guenevere is extremely busy during the ‘Lusty Month of May.’”
A FAMILY AFFAIR, WITH A TWIST: BARBECUE AT THE LYRIC STAGE
Don’t be fooled by the wide, bold brushstrokes that give life to Barbecue, Robert O’Hara’s invigoratingly original comedy that opens at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston on April 7.
INTERVIEW: SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING PLAYWRIGHT KATORI HALL
Rewriting the narrative and making history
ART-Y HANGS: REAP THE CULTURAL BOUNTY IN TOWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK
Whether you’re new to Boston or you’ve just returned for another semester, students—and young people in general—are eligible for some of the best deals in the city.
LABOR OF LOVE: INTIMATE APPAREL AT THE LYRIC STAGE COMPANY
Intimate Apparel the latest in a streak of vibrant representations of people of color.
HOT TICKET: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE, AND NOW YOU CAN AFFORD IT
There are a couple hundred performing arts organizations in the area, and while we’d like to comb through the fine print of each and spotlight the ways to make them all accessible, well, we’d need a bigger boat. We also know you don’t have the attention span for a list that long. We’ve hand selected […]
