By Sheila Barth BOX INFO: The national touring company of author-composer-lyricist Manuel Lin Miranda’s Broadway two-act, 2 1/2 hour musical through Nov. 18 at the Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., Boston: Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2,8 p.m.; Sunday, 1, 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, social…
Theater Reviews
HOW I LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE (Wilbury Theatre Group)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at Wilbury Theatre Group is The Pulitzer Prize winning “How I Learned How to Drive” by Paula Vogel. The story revolves around a teenager’s driving lessons and still delivers an emotional punch this some twenty years later. “How I Learned How to Drive” traverses taboo territory with…
“SISTER ACT” – Little Theatre of Fall River
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Little Theatre of Fall River’s first musical of their season is “Sister Act”, the international smash hit musical based on the mega-hit, 1992 film that starred Whoppi Goldberg. This group spares no expense in bringing the highest quality costumes to this show. When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in…
Beau Jest’s ‘Journey To The Center Of The Stage’ a Loving Tribute to Theater (and Larry)
(Kathleen Lewis and Robin JaVonne Smith) by Mike Hoban LARRY’S PLAY: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE STAGE – Written by Larry Coen; Directed by Davis Robinson. Presented by Beau Jest Moving Theatre at the Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill St., Charlestown through September 16 If you’re a theater person –…
