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Waitress

A VASTLY IMPROVED WAITRESS RETURNS TO BOSTON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 1, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Charity Angel Dawson, Desi Oakley, & Lenne Klingaman in the National Tour of WAITRESS. Credit: Joan Marcus

 

★★★★☆

 

In my review of the 2015 world premiere of Waitress at the American Repertory Theater, I wrote that the show lacked depth and emotional texture and that there was nothing beyond the show’s light and airy meringue.

 

While I do promise to avoid bad pie ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Adrienne Shelly, american repertory theater, broadway, Bryan Fenkart, Charity Angel Dawson, Desi Oakley, Diane Paulus, Jessie Nelson, Lenne Klingaman, Nick Bailey, Sara Bareilles, Waitress

MANHATTAN TRANSFER: PRODUCTIONS BORN IN BOSTON BECOMING REGULAR PART OF NYC THEATER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 30, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

it feels like a great time to celebrate Boston theater in all of its delicious fertility.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A Confederacy of Dunces, A.R.T., alicia keys, broadway, Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland, michael ridel, Nick Offerman, Pippin, Smart People, stick fly, The Glass Menagerie, Waitress, Witness Uganda

DIANE PAULUS: A.R.T.’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OPENS UP ABOUT “WAITRESS”

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 1, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Starting August 2, Boston audiences will once again be the first to enjoy a hotly anticipated new musical, Waitress, courtesy of the American Repertory Theater.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Art, broadway, Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland, Hair, harvard, Invisible Thread, Jessie Mueller, Jessie Nelson, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, Sara Bareilles, Tony Awards, Waitress, Witness Uganda

CUT TO THE CHASE: ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST CHOREOGRAPHERS SETS HIS SIGHTS ON A.R.T. AND “WAITRESS”

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted July 23, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

This summer he teams up with the American Repertory Theater, Diane Paulus, Sara Bareilles, and Jessie Nelson for the world premiere of Waitress.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Anne Reinking, Art, Bono, Cambridge, Chase Brock, hunchback of notre dame, Julie Taymore, Rob Berman, Sara Bareilles, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Susan Stroman, The Chase Brock Experience, The Edge, Waitress

WORLD PREMIERE: A CONVERSATION WITH “WAITRESS” BOOK WRITER JESSIE NELSON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted July 17, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

"What fascinates me about theatre is that ultimately many directors will interpret a work…many generations will see it and interpret it. That’s an amazing thing."

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, bosarts, broadway, corrina corrina, Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland, harvard, i am sam, Jessie Nelson, production, Sara Bareilles, Waitress, world premiere

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