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REVIEW ROUNDUP: HAIRSPRAY, THE ROOMMATE, & PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 9, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Hairspray, The Roommate, & Peter and the Starcatcher

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: adrianne krstansky, Brooke Shapiro, Dave Barry, David Makransky, Hairspray, Hub Theatre Company, Jeff Whiting, Jen Silverman, Joey Pelletier, Jon Vellante, Lindsay Eagle, Lyric Stage, Michael John Ciszerski, North Shore Music Theatre, Paula Plum, Rick Elice, Ridley Pearson, Sarah Gazdowicz, Spiro Veloudos

ROAD TO NOWHERE: ROAD SHOW AT THE LYRIC STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted January 23, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Tony Castellanos and Neil A. Casey in Road Show. Photo by Maggie Hall.

★★☆☆☆

 

It’s not exactly a secret that Road Show isn’t a very good musical.

 

The Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical has undergone reinvention after reinvention—and title change after title change—from its 1999 premiere as  ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Cristina Todesco, Ilyse Robbins, John Weidman, Lyric Stage, Musical, Neil A Casey, Patrick Varner, review, Road Show, Spiro Veloudos, Stephen Sondheim, theater, Tony Castellanos

A LOVELY SOUVENIR

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 25, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Will McGarrahan and Leigh Barrett in Souvenir. Photo by Mark S. Howard.

 

Souvenir returns to the Lyric a decade later

 

After 20 years as producing artistic director of the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, there’s plenty of material that Spiro Veloudos could have chosen for the production that would commemorate his milestone. For Boston’s resident Stephen Sondheim expert, ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Cosmé McMoon, director, Florence Foster Jenkins, Interview, Lyric, Souvenir, Spiro Veloudos, Stephen Temperley, theater, writer

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

IN COMES COMPANY

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 24, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

The cast of COMPANY gets lyrical

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Company, George Furth, Lyric Stage, Spiro Veloudos, Stephen Sondheim

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