by Shelley A. Sackett ‘The Nature Plays’ – Written by Patrick Gabridge; Directed by Courtney O’Connor. Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge. Through June 9 Mt. Auburn Cemetery and its rich, natural environment is a heaven-made set for playwright Patrick Gabridge’s spectacular first set of five site-specific one-act plays, collectively titled, “The Nature…
Category: Theater Reviews
World Premiere of ‘Love and Other Fables’ – a Comic Gem
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The world has been waiting thousands of years for this musical about Aesop and his friends, but fortunately it has taken only 86 years for a World Premiere to come to Bill Hanney’s Theatre by the Sea. The first show of this historic theatre’s 86th season is “Love and Other Fables”…
A.R.T.’s ‘We Live in Cairo’ Gives the Children of the Revolution a Voice
by Mike Hoban ‘We Live in Cairo’ – Book, Music, and Lyrics by Daniel & Patrick Lazour. Directed by Taibi Magar. Choreography by Samar Haddad King; Music Direction by Madeline Smith. Presented by American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, through June 16. The American Repertory Theater’s engaging production of…
FUN HOME at The Wilbury Theatre Group
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Wilbury Theatre Group closes out their season with the Tony Award winning musical, “Fun Home” which opened off Broadway in 2013. This musical is based on the book by Alison Bechdel about her discovering her own sexuality. All these years she’s been wondering if her coming out caused her father’s death or was…
