By Michele Markarian Amadeus – Written by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Allison Olivia Choat. Presented by Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, at 539 Tremont Street, Boston through December17. Amadeus begins with the Italian composer Salieri (Matthew Zahnzinger) in his final years; indeed, he tells us we are witnessing the last night…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
Creativity and Chaos Reign in Heart & Dagger’s “Sweeney Todd”
By Michele Markarian ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Directed by Joey C. Pelletier; Musical Direction by Michael Amaral. Presented by Heart and Dagger Productions, Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont Street, Boston through December 4. One of the problems with producing a musical,…
“WEEKEND COMEDY”
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of Starlight Productions is “Weekend Comedy” by Sam and Jeanne Bobrick. A couple in their early fifties and a couple in their early twenties have accidentally booked the same cozy cottage in the Catskills for Memorial Day weekend. The older couple are Frank and Peggy Jackson, a hard working…
Company One Pushes Boundaries with ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ (3 Stars)
By Michele Markarian ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again’ – Written by Alice Birch. Directed by Summer L. Williams. Presented by Company One Theatre, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston through November19. In the opening scene of “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again” a woman (Becca A. Lewis) turns the seductive tables…
