by Linda Chin ‘American Idiot’- Book and Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, with additional book by Michael Mayer; Music and Lyrics by Green Day; Directed and Choreographed by Corinne M. Mason; Music Direction by Steve Bass. Presented by Company Theatre, 30 Accord Park Dr., Norwell, MA through February 17 In opening 2019 with Green Day’s…
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Trinity Rep’s ‘MacBeth’ as Timely as Ever
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Trinity Repertory Company’s current show in their 55th season is the tale of “Macbeth”, by William Shakespeare, about political ambition and how that ambition can destroy a person as well as the multitude of people around them. “Macbeth” could have been written about the times we are now living in about the cost of…
Comedic Feast in MRT’s ‘Slow Food’
by Deanna Dement Myers Slow Food – Written by Wendy MacLeod; Directed by Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Scenic Design by Apollo Mark Weaver; Costume Design by Deborah Newhall; Lighting Design by Brian J. Lilienthal; Sound Design by David Remedios. Presented by the Merrimack Repertory Theater 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell through February 3 “Everybody needs…
Manual Cinema’s “The End of TV” a Compelling Theatrical/Cinematic Experience
by Michele Markarian “The End of TV” by Manual Cinema. Screenplay by Kyle Vegter and Ben Kauffman. Direction and Storyboards by Julia Vanarsdale Miller. Presented by Arts Emerson, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston, through January 27. “They tiptoe into your heart until you care for them so much,” is the first line of…