By Michele Markarian “American Utopia”, by David Byrne. Choreography and Musical Staging by Annie-B Parsons. Karl Mansfield and Mauro Rerosco, Music Director. Presented by Ambassador Theatre Group, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Boston through September 28. As the lights go up on the stage, a barefoot David Byrne is seated at a table, wearing…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
‘The Purists’ Strikes a Chord at the Huntington
by Michele Markarian “The Purists” – Written by Dan McCabe. Directed by Billy Porter. Presented by Huntington Theatre Company at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street, Boston through October 6. There are some casts so talented that they manage to salvage a mediocre script. There are some scripts so compelling that they…
Carroll and Plum Click in “Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes”
by Michele Markarian “Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes” – Written by Weylin Symes. Directed by Bryn Boice. Presented by Greater Boston Stage Co., 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through September 29. Full disclosure – this reviewer will get tickets to see Nancy E. Carroll, whose excellent acting never disappoints, in anything. Throw in the buoyant Paula…
A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 – Gamm Theatre
Reviewed by Tony Annicone GAMM’S 35th season opener is “A Doll’s House, Part 2” and what a wonderful opening show this is. Written by Lucas Hnath, it takes place 15 years after Nora leaves her husband and her three children in Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century drama “A Doll’s House.” The Ibsen show was also directed…
