By Michele Markarian ‘Brecht on Brecht’ – Written by Bertolt Brecht. Arranged by George Tabori, from various translations. Co-produced with Boston Center for American Performance. Directed by Jim Petosa; Music Direction by Matthew Stern; Scenic Design by Ryan Bates; Costume Design by Alyssa Korol; Lighting Design by Bridget K. Doyle. Presented at the Black Box…
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Wheelock’s ‘Billy Elliott’ – the Next Best Thing to Broadway
By Michele Markarian Billy Elliott the Musical, Music by Elton John, Book and Lyrics by Lee Hall. Directed by Susan Kosoff. Presented by Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA, through February 26. This winter, you can take Amtrak or the GoBus to New York City to see one of the many fabulous musicals…
Tension, Humor Ricochet in Lyric’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”
By Michele Markarian ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Written by Edward Albee. Directed by Scott Edmiston. Presented by Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, through February 12. George (Steven Barkhimer) and Martha (Paula Plum), a middle-aged married couple with a fondness for alcohol, live on the campus of a college…
Intimate Exchanges Sizzles with Possibilities
By Michele Markarian Intimate Exchanges, Written by Alan Ayckbourn; Directed by Olivia D’Ambrosio. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company, 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through February 12. Lionel is a gardener, who is employed – like his elderly father before him – by the wealthy Celia Teasdale and her alcoholic headmaster husband, Mr. Teasdale. Sylvie…
