By Michele Markarian Amadeus – Written by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Allison Olivia Choat. Presented by Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, at 539 Tremont Street, Boston through December17. Amadeus begins with the Italian composer Salieri (Matthew Zahnzinger) in his final years; indeed, he tells us we are witnessing the last night…
Author: Michele Markarian
Company One Pushes Boundaries with ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ (3 Stars)
By Michele Markarian ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again’ – Written by Alice Birch. Directed by Summer L. Williams. Presented by Company One Theatre, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston through November19. In the opening scene of “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again” a woman (Becca A. Lewis) turns the seductive tables…
“Company” Dazzles and Stirs at Lyric Stage
by Michele Markarian ‘Company’ – Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth. Directed by Spiro Veloudos. Presented by Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, through October 9. “What song is the biggest clunker in ‘Company’”? I asked my husband on the drive over to see the Lyric Stage’s…