Sweeney Todd in Concert – A Pop-Up Musical. Directed by Allison Olivia Choat. Music Direction by Gina Naggar. One night only on June 2nd at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138) at 7:30 pm. After 40 years in Boston area theater – with the first 31 spent in community…
Israeli Stage’s ‘The Last Act’ is a Timely, Tightly Coiled Drama
By Michele Markarian The Last Act. Written by Joshua Sobol. Directed by Guy Ben-Aharon. Presented by Israeli Stage Company, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, through June 1. The Last Act, a world premiere by reknowned Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol, couldn’t get produced in Israel’s…
Lyric’s ‘The Wiz’ Wows
By Michele Markarian The Wiz. Book by William F. Brown. Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls, from the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Musical Director Allyssa Jones. Presented by Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, through July 1….
Strong Performances Lift Gloucester Stage’s “Madame Defarge”
Madame Defarge – Inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”; Book, Music and Lyrics by Wendy Kesselman; Directed by Ellie Heyman. Presented by Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester through June 2 The Gloucester Stage Company is opening its season in ambitious fashion, with the world premiere of Madame…
