Review by James Wilkinson ‘An Oak Tree’ – Directed by A. Nora Long. Sound Design: Nathaniel Talbot. Lighting Design: Darren Evans. Presented by Theatre on Fire at the Charlestown Working Theater June 13-22, 2019. Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree, now being presented by Theatre on Fire, is described in the program notes as “a theatrical…
Reagle’s ‘Mame’ Breathes New Life into a Classic
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Roaring 20’s are alive and well at Reagle Music Theatre’s 51st season opener “Mame.” This musical version was originally titled “My Best Girl”, which became a hit song in the show. “Mame” is based on the 1955 fictional novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 play starring Rosalind Russell. The…
Something Lurks in Flat Earth Theatre’s ‘Shadows’
Review by James Wilkinson ‘King of Shadows’ – Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Directed by Michael Hisamoto. Scenic design: Ryan Bates. Costume Design: Erica Desautels. Props Design: Emily Penta. Lighting Design: PJ Strachman. Sound Design: Bram Xu. Puppetry Consultant: Libby Schap. Presented by Flat Earth Theatre at the Black Box at the Mosesian Center for the…
Strong Acting Marks Nora Theatre’s “Cloud Nine”
by Michele Markarian “Cloud Nine”, by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, through June 30. Given our current climate of the contraction/expansion of sexuality and all of its permutations, the decision of The Nora Theatre Company to produce Caryl Churchill’s “Cloud Nine” is an…