A CHORUS LINE Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at the Stadium Theatre is “A Chorus Line”, the 1976 winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Book and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is a musical based on the lives and experiences of Broadway dancers. Original director/choreographer Michael Bennett wanted to…
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ART’s “Hear Word!” Triumphant and Powerful
By Michele Markarian Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True –Written by Ifeoma Fafunwa, Tunde Aladese, Mojisola Abijola, Wole Oguntokun, Princess Olufemi-Kayode, Ijeoma Ogwuegbu. Directed by Ifeoma Fufunwa. Presented by American Repertory Theater, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge through February 11. After seeing “Hear Word”, I spent the day texting friends, urging them to…
Liars & Believers ‘IRRESISTIBLE’ Applies Woke Spin to Vaudevillian Concept
by Mike Hoban IRRESISTIBLE – Directed by Jason Slavick; Written by the LAB Ensemble. Presented by Liars & Beleivers. Performed at Sonia at the Middle East, 10 Brookline Street in Cambridge, MA. One night only, January 24, 2018. You shoulda been there. That’s all I can say, because if you weren’t able to attend…
THE SHADOWBOX – The Players, Barker Playhouse, Providence, RI
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The third play of The Players’ 110 season is the 1977 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning “The Shadowbox” by Michael Cristofer.Three terminally ill patients and their families participate in a psychological inquiry into their end-of-life experiences. “The Shadow Box” is a journey of discovery into the genuinely lasting aspects of life. It is set on the grounds…
