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Lyric Stage Company

LOVE SPENT: THE TREASURER AT THE LYRIC STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★☆☆☆

 

In Max Posner’s The Treasurer, a middle-aged man who doesn’t love his mother—and seems to hate himself for it—finds himself in the position of having to take charge ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Chelsea Kerl, Cheryl McMahon, Ken Cheeseman, Kristin Loeffler, Lyric Stage Company, Max Posner, rebecca bradshaw, Theater Review

ON STAGE NOW: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL, CHRISTMAS ON URANUS, AND OLIVER!

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 10, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

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  ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Dolly Parton, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Gold Dust Orphans, Lyric Stage Company, New Repertory Theater, Theater Review

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.

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Boston’s larger stages don’t need to be more like the movies. They need to be more like the small stages.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Anthem Theatre, Apollinaire Theatre, Arlekin Players, arts emerson, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston Theater Critics Association, Ed Siegel, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Gold Dust Orphans, huntington theatre company, Lindsay Beamish, Lyric Stage Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Praxis Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, theater, wbur

IT’S TURKEY LURKEY TIME: LYRIC STAGE SCORES WITH THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 5, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Amanda Collins, Barlow Adamson, Grace Experience, Janie Howland, Jesse Hinson, Larissa FastHorse, Lyric Stage Company, Rachel Padula, Scott Edmiston

ON STAGE NOW: THE FANGS THAT BIND, A CHURCH DIVIDED, AND ONE OF THE WORST PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Bare Stage, The Christians, and The Little Foxes

 

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, ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alison Meirowitz McCarthy, Amelia Broome, Anne Gottlieb, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Bare Stage, Brooks Reeves, Cheryl D Singleton, Dewey Dellay, Janie E Howland, Karen Perlow, Lillian Hellman, Lucas Hnath, Lyric Stage Company, Michael John Ciszewski, Michael Poignand, Michael Walker, Rosa Procaccino, Scott Edmiston, The Christians

TELL IT STRONG AND CLEAR

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted May 17, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“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.’"

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Camelot, Guenevere, King Arthur, Lancelot, Lyric Stage Company, Robert Goulet, Spiro Veloudos, The Once and Future King

A FAMILY AFFAIR, WITH A TWIST: BARBECUE AT THE LYRIC STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 30, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

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.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Barbecue, Boston, Christopher Ehlers, Lyric Stage Company, Middle America, O'Mallery family, Robert O'Hara

INTERVIEW: SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING PLAYWRIGHT KATORI HALL

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 4, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Rewriting the narrative and making history

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Arkabutla, Katori Hall, Lyric Stage Company, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, The Mountaintop

ART-Y HANGS: REAP THE CULTURAL BOUNTY IN TOWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 4, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

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.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., Boston Symphony Orchestra, Company One, deals, huntington theatre company, ICA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Lyric Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, student guide

LABOR OF LOVE: INTIMATE APPAREL AT THE LYRIC STAGE COMPANY

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 12, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Intimate Apparel the latest in a streak of vibrant representations of people of color.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aditi Brennan Kapil, african american, Company One, Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy, feminist, Intimate Apparel, Lynn Nottage, Lyric Stage Company, Summer Williams

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