By Robert Israel Christmas celebrations are everywhere in Boston this month. There’s new life to downtown streets as shoppers flit in and out of stores. There are colorful lights on the Common, events for children, holiday parties at local eateries. And there are shows scheduled back-to-back at the Emerson Colonial (Dolly Parton), Irving Berlin’s White…
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Arctic Playhouse Presents Three Short Holiday Plays
by Tony Annicone Arctic Playhouse’s holiday shows these year are three short Christmas plays. The first one is based on O. Henry’s story, “A Gift of the Magi”, which centers on a husband and wife who are very young, terribly in love and want to buy Christmas gifts for each other but both have little…
Short Take: A Christmas Cactus – Newport Playhouse
Reviewed by Sue Nedar What do Charles Dickens, two escaped convicts, a mama’s boy, a red-headed detective, a smitten D.A., and a slightly dippy if not delightfully naive mama have in common? Well…you’ll just have to go and see A Christmas Cactus, by Eliot Byerrum, currently playing at The Newport Playhouse, to see for yourself.
Short Take: New Rep’s ‘Oliver!’ Offers Hope on the Horizon
by Linda Chin ‘Oliver!’ – Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart. Michael J. Bobbitt, Director; Sariva Goetz, Music Director; Luciana Stecconi, Scenic Designer; Rachel Padula-Shufelt, Costume Designer; Frank Meissner, Lighting Designer; Kevin Alexander, Sound Designer. Presented by New Repertory Theatre at Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown through December 29 Oliver!…
