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Rachel Bertone

NOPE-DA-DOO: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS LIMPS AT LYRIC STAGE

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

 

★★★☆☆

 

If ever there was a musical that embodied the notion of “the little musical that could,” it would be Little Shop of Horrors, the kooky 1982 Off-Broadway musical that ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alan Menken, Carla Martinez, Dan Prior, Howard Ashman, Jeff Marcus, Katrina Z Pavao, Lovely Hoffman, Lyric Stage, Pier Lamia Porter, Rachel Bertone, Remo Airaldi, Theater Review, Tim Hoover, Yewande Odetoyinbo

OH, WHAT A MANGLED WEB: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN AT THE LYRIC STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 11, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Eddy Cavazos and Taavon Gamble.

 

★★☆☆☆

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Franklin Meissner Jr, Fred Ebb, Janie E Howland, John Kander, Jonathan Carr, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Lyric Stage, Manuel Puig, Marian Bertone, Rachel Bertone, Terrence McNally

A BLEAK AND BRILLIANT CABARET AT MOONBOX

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted April 17, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Kimberly Fife, Katrina Pavao, Phil Tayler, Joy Clark and Caroline Workman. Photo by Sharman Altshuler.

 

★★★★★

 

Taking on iconic material is always a risky thing, particularly something as well known and oft revived as Cabaret. But if there’s anything the 1966 masterwork has demonstrated ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aimee Doherty, Bob Fosse, Cabaret, Christopher Isherwood, Dan Prior, Dan Rodriguez, David Wilson, Fred Ebb, Janie Howland, Jared Troilo, Joe Masteroff, John Kander, Joy Clark, Marian Bertone, Maryann Zschau, Moonbox, Phil Tayler, Rachel Bertone, Ray O'Hare, review, Rob Marshall, Sam Biondolillo, Sam Mendes, theater

MAMA’S GONNA SHOW IT TO YOU

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 29, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Bertone, of course, is correct. Gypsy’s script is iron-clad and is generally thought of as the finest example of book writing in all of musical theater. There are other things, too, to consider when thinking about Gypsy’s significance in the grand scheme of things.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, Christopher Ehlers, Ethel Merman, Greater Boston Stage Company, Gypsy, Lyric Stage, Patti LuPone, Rachel Bertone, theater, Tyne Daly

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted June 3, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Reagle Music Theatre embraces the dark side of Carousel

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Carousel, Jennifer Ellis, Rachel Bertone, Reagle Music Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein

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