by Sheila Barth There’s no other way to say it. Ogunquit Playhouse’s opening season,90-minute, one-act, super songfest, “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” based on the music of multi-award winners Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, is sensational, spectacular, stupendous, and superlative in every way.
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A.R.T. Transforms ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Into a Musical for Our Times
by Mike Hoban Jagged Little Pill – Music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard; Lyrics by Alanis Morissette; Book by Diablo Cody; Additional Music by Michael Farrell and Guy Sigsworth; Directed by Diane Paulus; Scenic Design, Riccardo Hernandez; Costume Design, Emily Rebholz; Lighting Design, Justin Townsend; Sound Design, Jonathan Deans; Video Design, Finn…
Theater Uncorked Debuts With One-Night Only Performance of ‘Sweeney Todd’
Sweeney Todd in Concert – A Pop-Up Musical. Directed by Allison Olivia Choat. Music Direction by Gina Naggar. One night only on June 2nd at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138) at 7:30 pm. After 40 years in Boston area theater – with the first 31 spent in community…
Strong Performances Lift Gloucester Stage’s “Madame Defarge”
Madame Defarge – Inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”; Book, Music and Lyrics by Wendy Kesselman; Directed by Ellie Heyman. Presented by Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester through June 2 The Gloucester Stage Company is opening its season in ambitious fashion, with the world premiere of Madame…
