Reviewed by Tony Annicone Newport Playhouse’s current show is “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney. It is the male viewpoint of a man’s midlife crisis. Gurney uses a female dog as the metaphor for the other woman in this man’s life. The love and affection of this female dog helps the man escape from his nagging, jealous…
Muppets Gone Wild – Hijinx Theatre’s ‘Meet Fred’ is a Darkly Comic Gem
‘Meet Fred’ – Performance by Hijinx Theatre; Presented by Puppet Showplace Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont St., Boston. It really makes no difference whether you’re a fan of puppetry or not. Hijinx Theatre’s wonderfully absurd Meet Fred is bound to be one of the funniest and most…
NSMT’s JEKYLL & HYDE a Musical Masterpiece
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre’s latest show is the blockbuster musical “Jekyll and Hyde which is adapted from the 1886 novella “The Strange Case of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn with music by Wildhorn and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse….
Abolition and Women’s Suffrage Leaders Fight for Rights in ‘The Agitators’ at Gloucester
By Sheila Barth BOX INFO: Two-act, two-hour, two-person play, written by Mat Smart, directed by renowned playwright-actress-director Jacqui Parker, making its New England premiere through Oct. 7: Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; matinees, Saturday, Sunday, 2 p.m., 267 East Main St., Gloucester. $35-$45, discount tickets for senior citizens,18-year-olds and younger, and Cape Ann residents. 978-281-4433, gloucesterstage.com. “I…
