Ernest Thompson was only 28 when he wrote the play he’s perhaps best known for: On Golden Pond, the story of a retired university professor named Norman Thayer who is slowly succumbing to dementia but who agrees, together with his wife, to watch after his young grandson for a summer. Initially wary, the two end…
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Playwright Crystal Skillman’s “Open” Uses Magic as Metaphor for Love
“I’m running between Tech and a few things, so I just want to make sure a little crazy right now,” playwright Crystal Skillman tells Theater Mirror. “But hey, I love crazy.” That comes through in Skillman’s powerful, moving play “Open,” a solo show that ran Off-Broadway July 12-27 at WP Theater in New York City….
Actor Kathy St. George on Her BTCA Award for Sustained Excellence
By Kilian Melloy Longtime star of the Boston theater scene Kathy St. George cemented her status as a stage icon last month with the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence — an award that seems both overdue and inevitable, given her prolific career and multiple talents as a singer, dancer, and instrumentalist, as well as a…
A Sumptuous and Satisfying ‘Evita’ At Reagle Music Theatre
‘Evita’ – Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Bertone. Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez. Scenic Design by Cameron McEachern. Lighting and Production Design by Baron Pugh. Costume and Wig Design by Ellie De Lucia. Sound Design by Sebastian Nixon. Presented by Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston…



