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Stephen Sondheim

TWO CLASSIC MUSICALS IN CONCERT, ONE WEEKEND

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted June 6, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Brandon Victor Dixon as Gabey performs On the Town with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. Photo by Winslow Townson

 

On the Town at the Boston Pops

 

Something very special was in the air last week as the Boston Pops continued its centennial celebration of Leonard Bernstein with an all-star, solid gold concert of On the Town, Bernstein’s 1944 masterwork about a trio of sailors with 24 hours to kill in New York City.

 

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Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Adolph Green, Alex Boyle, Andrea Martin, Andy Karl, Audrey Clark, Ben Discipio, Betty Comden, Boston, Boston Pops, Brandon Victor Dixon, Cambridge, Catherine Lee Christie, Christian Dante White, Christopher Porth, Georgina Pazcoguin, Jason Hersom, Jordan Reynolds, Kathleen Marshall, Keith Lockhart, Laura Osnes, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Kudisch, Megan Lawrence, musical theater, On the Town, Paul Farwell, shana dirik, Stephen Sondheim, theater, Theater UnCorked

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

GOOD THING GOING: A DEFINITIVE VERSION OF A SONDHEIM CLASSIC COMES TO BOSTON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 14, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

This is also an opportunity, all around, to strengthen what is already considered by many to be a perfect production.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: a little night music, Company, Damian Humbley, Follies, George Furth, huntington theatre company, Mark Umbers, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim, West End

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 1, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

At the Huntington, a new layer to Sunday

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: huntington theatre company, James Lapine, Josh Breckenridge, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George

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

IN THE PARLOR, IN THE BED: HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY OPENS SEASON WITH SONDHEIM MASTERPIECE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 24, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

As far as musicals go, they don’t get much more elegant than this lavish and luscious exploration of mortality, morality, love, and—yes—sex

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: a little night music, Catherine Zeta-Jones, desiree, Haydn Gwynne, huntington theatre company, Ingmar Bergman, Smiles of a Summer Night, Stephen Sondheim, tony award

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