by Susan George Lost Girls – Written by John Pollono; Direction and Stage Design by Melanie Garber; Lighting Designer: Michael Clark Wonson; Sound Designer: Audrey Seraphin; Costume Coordinator: Mikey DiLoreto. Presented by Take Your Pick Productions, at Deane Hall in the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston through January 21….
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
“Nurse Play” is Strange, Surreal, and Satisfying
By Evan McKenna “Nurse Play” – Created and Written by James Wilkinson; Directed by Joe Juknievich; Stage Management by Tori Skoniecki; Movement Director Kayleigh Kane. Presented by Exiled Theatre at Boston Playwright’s Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston through December 17 “Black Pawn to E four,” says Nurse, engaging in a verbal game of chess with…
Onward to Glory with “Man of La Mancha”
By Michele Markarian Man of La Mancha, by Dale Wasserman. Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion. Directed by Antonio Ocampo-Guzman. Presented by New Repertory Theatre, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown through December 31. “Man of La Mancha” is based on the story of Miguel de Cervantes, one of Spain’s – and the world’s –…
THE BUTTERFINGERS ANGEL – The Players, Providence, RI
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of The Players season is William Gibson’s “The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut and the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree” originally written for a church pageant. Hard to believe that he also was the author of the dramatic “The Miracle Worker.” An imaginative…