HAIRSPRAY AT NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE ★★★★☆ Few modern musicals match the wit, heart, and craft of Hairspray, and Jeff Whiting’s production for North Shore Music Theatre is a mostly excellent reminder of just how lovable it is. Brooke Shapiro is terrific as Tracy Turnblad, the big-hearted, big-waisted, and big-haired girl who single-handedly […]
A RIVETING RICHARD III AT ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
★★★★☆ Richard III is the third production of Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s current season, themed “The Downfall of Despots.” It follows Exit the King, an absurdist comedy about an incompetent king who has run his country into the ground, and Julius Caesar, a look at the perils of rhetoric-loving, narcissistic politicians. The parallels […]
RESILIENCE & RECOVERY: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘FINISH LINE’ AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE
Spaulding was gripped by the article, which mentioned Frangieh and Rafferty’s intentions to omit the bombers and focus instead on the resilience, recovery, and love.
