by Mike Hoban ‘Wit’ – Written by Margaret Edson; Directed by John Geoffrion; Set Design by JP Pizzuti; Lighting Design by Chris Bocchiaro; Costume Design by Nancy Ishihara; Sound Design by Deirdre Benson. Presented by the Hub Theatre Company of Boston at First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St., Boston through November 19 Cancer, like death…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
Melinda Lopez Serves Up Humor & Pathos in “Mala”
By Michele Markarian ‘Mala’ Written and performed by Melinda Lopez. Directed by David Dower. Presented by ArtsEmerson, Emerson/Paramount Center, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, for the Arts, 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA through November 20. Melinda Lopez is one of the more honest and engaging actors of our community. She first caught my eye years…
THE MOORS (Providence College’s Theatre Department)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Providence College’s Theatre Department’s closing show of their season at Angell’s Blackfriars Theatre is “The Moors” by Jen Silverman. This dark comedy is a satire and is set in an eerie manor in a bleak, windswept landscape; shadowy corners and surreptitious staircases; secrets, mysteries and melodramatic revelations abound. This is the gothic…
THE JUNGLE BOOK – Footlights Junior Division
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Footlights Junior Division’s current show is “The Jungle Book”Kids, adapted by from the Disney animated film and the works of Rudyard Kipling. The theatre is turned into an incredible jungle setting with terrific animal costumes by Johnny Cagno. Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy called a man cub, Mowgli…
