Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of MMAS’s season is “Assassins” by Stephen Sondheim which won five Tony Awards in 2004 including Best Revival. “Assassins” lays bare the lives of the nine individuals who assassinated or attempted to assassinate the President of the United States in an historical “revuiscal” that explores the dark side of the American…
Category: Musicals
Muppets Gone Wild – Hijinx Theatre’s ‘Meet Fred’ is a Darkly Comic Gem
‘Meet Fred’ – Performance by Hijinx Theatre; Presented by Puppet Showplace Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont St., Boston. It really makes no difference whether you’re a fan of puppetry or not. Hijinx Theatre’s wonderfully absurd Meet Fred is bound to be one of the funniest and most…
NSMT’s JEKYLL & HYDE a Musical Masterpiece
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre’s latest show is the blockbuster musical “Jekyll and Hyde which is adapted from the 1886 novella “The Strange Case of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn with music by Wildhorn and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse….
A.R.T.’s ‘Borrowed Cash’ – ‘Spinal Tap’ Meets ‘Austin City Limits’
by Mike Hoban Borrowed Cash: Busted! The Reunion Tour – Written and Performed by Daniel Jenkins and Melissa van der Schyff. Featuring the songs of Randy Newman and Lucinda Williams. Directed by Gina Rattan. Presented by A.R.T. Breakout Series at Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge through September 23. As is the case every September, there are a…
