Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
By Michele Markarian “The Rocky Horror Show” by Richard O’Brien. Directed by Lee Mikesha Gardner and Jo Michael Rezes. Music Director, Sandy Sahar Gooen; Choreographer, Ilyse Robbins. Presented by Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, through November 26. Most people are introduced to “The Rocky Horror Show” by its film version, “The Rocky Horror…
“White Rabbit Red Rabbit”. By Nassim Soleimanpour. Presented by The Umbrella Stage Company, 40 Stow Street, Concord, through November 11. By Michele Markarian Born at the tail end of 1981 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour refused to participate in mandatory military service that, upon completion, would allow him to travel outside…
“Angels in America: Perestroika” by Tony Kushner. Directed by Eric Tucker. Presented by Central Square Theater and Bedlam at 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, through October 8. by Michele Markarian “Perestroika,” now playing at the Central Square Theater, picks up where “Angels in America; Part One” leaves off. It’s 1985, and the world’s oldest Bolshevik (Debra…
by Michele Markarian “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. Directed by Lois Roach. Presented by New Repertory Theatre, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA through October 1. “Colored folks ain’t gonna get ahead in the world unless they start investing in some different things,” Walter Lee Younger (Damon Singletary) says to his wife, Ruth…
