By Michele Markarian Top Girls – Written by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Liesl Tommy. Presented by Huntington Theatre Company, Avenue of the Arts Huntington Avenue Theatre through May 20. “Top Girls” is a challenging piece of theater. Clocking in at just under three hours, the play takes place in the life of…
Author: Michele Markarian
A Beguiling “Anna Christie” at Lyric
By Michele Markarian ‘Anna Christie’ – Written by Eugene O’Neill. Adapted and directed by Scott Edmiston. Presented by Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, through May 6. Eugene O’Neill won his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1922 for Anna Christie. Originally a four-act play with far more…
A Refreshingly Feminist Take on “Miss Holmes”
By Michele Markarian Miss Holmes – Written by Christopher M. Walsh; Based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Weylin Symes. Presented by Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through April 22. Dorothy Watson (Brittany Rolfs) is a doctor who has managed to survive the infamous Surgeon’s Hill…
Humor and Pathos Abound in “Little Orphan Danny”
By Michele Markarian Little Orphan Danny. Books, music and lyrics by Dan Finnerty. Additional music by Dan Lipton. Created by Dan Finnerty and Sean Daniels. Directed by Sean Daniels. Presented by Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 132 Warren Street, Lowell through April 15. Last year I saw a one-man autobiographical show in London, written and performed by…
