by Tony Annicone GAMM Theatre’s opening show of their 38th season is “Describe the Night” by Rajiv Joseph, the Obie Award winner for Best American Play. The show spans 90 years and is set in Russia, eastern Germany, and Poland. We meet real life author, Isaac Babel, a wire-journalist, and writer of fantastic tales as…
Gloucester’s ‘Paradise Blue’ Personalizes the Myth of Urban Renewal
Paradise Blue – Elyse Joyner and Logan Pitts, Co-directors; Janie Howland, Scenic Designer; Nia Safarr Banks, Costume Designer; Aubrey Dube, Sound Designer; Toni Sterling, Lighting Designer. Presented by the Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester through September 18 by Mike Hoban There’s no shortage of compelling human drama in Paradise Blue, the ambitious…
NSMT’s ‘Buddy’ an Entertaining Musical Journey
‘Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story’ – Written by Alan James. Directed and choreographed by Marcos Santana. Music Direction by Milton Granger. At the North Shore Music Theatre through August 28. by Linda Chin In contrast to the multi-generational theatregoers who attended Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella in July (including many young girls wearing princess dresses),…
Straight A’s for ‘School of Rock’ at Cape Cod Theatre Company
School of Rock –Tristan Divincenzo, Director; Robert Wilder, Musical Director; Suzette Hutchinson, Choreographer; James P. Byrne, Scenic and Lighting Designer; Tristan Divincenzo, Projection Design; Robin McLaughlin, Costume Design; J. Hagenbuckle, Sound Design, Matt Kohler, Technical Direction. Presented by the Cape Cod Theatre Company, Harwich, through August 28. by Linda Chin With its current production of…