By Michele Markarian In the Heights. Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Book Quiara Alegria Hudes. Directed by Rachel Bertone. Presented by Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA, through November 19. I don’t know if anyone remembers watching the 2008 Tony awards, but the winner of that year’s Best Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, rapped…
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Lyric’s “Souvenir” a Keeper
By Michele Markarian ‘Souvenir’ – Written by Stephen Temperley. Directed by Spiro Veloudos. Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA through November 19. “How many people have already seen the show?” asked Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos during his curtain speech. A large number of hands went up…
Gloucester Stage’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” Brilliantly Evokes the Bad Old Days
By Sheila Barth Some things never change. We say they do. Over the years, we claim, there have been sweeping, amazing, changes. But people don’t change. Sadly, there’s a stagnancy in human nature and conditions. Such is the case with Christopher Sergel’s striking stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic 1960 novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” …
“BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE” (Granite Theatre, Westerly, RI)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at The Renaissance City Theatre; the producing entity of the Granite Theatre, is “Bell, Book and Candle” by John Van Druten. Gillian is a modern day witch, capable of conjuring and performing feats of black magic. When she casts a spell over bachelor neighbor in an effort to keep him…
