Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at Newport Playhouse is “No Tell Motel” by Michael Wilmot which was originally called “Love Shack” when it premiered back in 2010. Brandon and Sarah plan a quick, sexy rendezvous at Bird of Paradise Motel and discover getting what you want isn’t always what you want. A…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
Summer Fun with “Dirty Dancing”
By Michele Markarian Dirty Dancing by Eleanor Bergstein. Directed by Sarna Lapine. Presented by Amber Jacobsen, Networks Presentations LLC, Col Joye in Association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions at the Boch Shubert Theatre Stage, 265 Tremont St, Boston, MA through June 17. It would be hard to find anyone who hasn’t…
Love is a Battlefield in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Michele Markarian Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Pierre Choderins de Laclos. Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through July 1. Lee Mikeska Gardner’s opening staging of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is intriguing. Ten…
Israeli Stage’s ‘The Last Act’ is a Timely, Tightly Coiled Drama
By Michele Markarian The Last Act. Written by Joshua Sobol. Directed by Guy Ben-Aharon. Presented by Israeli Stage Company, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, through June 1. The Last Act, a world premiere by reknowned Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol, couldn’t get produced in Israel’s…
