‘English’ –Sanaz Toossi, Playwright. Melory Mirashrafi, Director. Janie E. Howland, Scenic Designer. Nina Vartanian, Costume Designer. Amanda E. Fallon, Lighting Designer. Ash, Sound Designer. Emme Shaw, Props Designer. Presented by Speakeasy Stage at the Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St. Boston, through November 19, 2022. by Linda Chin…
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Gamm Theatre’s Gritty ‘Sweat’ Brings Home the Demise of the American Worker
by Tony Annicone The second show of Gamm Theatre’s 38th season is The Pulitzer Prize winning play “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage. “Sweat” premiered in 2015 and tackles the loss of work and de-industrialization in modern America. Based on interviews with residents of Reading, a small town in Pennsylvania, the play vividly portrays the betrayal and…
Trinity Rep’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Updates Holiday Classic
by Tony Annicone Trinity Repertory Company ushers the holiday season in with their live yearly presentation of their 46th production of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens adapted by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming. This is Trinity’s third show of its 59th season and is performed in 90 minutes with no intermission. This show’s underlying themes…
‘WINTER WONDERETTES’ at the Ivoryton Playhouse
reviewed by Tony Annicone Ivoryton Playhouse’s holiday show this year is “Winter Wonderettes” created by Roger Bean. It is 1968 and the audience is at the annual Christmas party at the Essex Hardware Store. The quartet of Missy, Suzy, Betty Jean and Cindy Lou, first introduced to us in “The Marvelous Wonderettes”, have decorated the…
