by Linda Chin The Thanksgiving Play – Written by Larissa FastHorse; Directed by Scott Edmiston; Scenic Design by Janie E. Howland; Sound Design/Original Music by Dewey Dellay; Costume Design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt; Lighting Design by Karen Perlow. Presented by Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Boston through Nov. 10 In the opening scene of The…
Anthem Theatre Company Spends Time with Poe’s ‘Creepy Ladies’
Review by James Wilkinson ‘My Fascination with Creepy Ladies: A collection of horrors by Edgar Allan Poe’ – Conceived, adapted and directed by Bryn Boice. Devised by Anthem Theatre Company. Costume Design: Theona White. Lighting Design: Bridget K. Doyle. Presented by Anthem Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Black Box Theatre,…
SpeakEasy’s ‘Admissions’ is a Timely Masterpiece
by Sheila Barth ‘Admissions’ – Written by Joshua Harmon. One-act, 1 hour-50-minute play. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Boston Center for the Arts, Roberts Studio Theatre, 527 Tremont St., Boston through November 30 The timing for SpeakEasy Stage Company’s tense production of Joshua Harmon’s one-act play Admissions, couldn’t be more perfect. Educators, parents, students…
NSMT’s ‘The Bodyguard’, the Musical’ Will Thrill Audiences
by Tony Annicone Las Vegas glitz and glam comes to North Shore Music Theatre’s latest musical production, the Boston area premiere of “The Bodyguard, the Musical”, based on the 1992 movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The stage version debuted in London back in 2012. A superstar is threatened by a stalker, so her…