Reimagined ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ is more illuminating than ever
CAMBRIDGE – Thirty years ago, four white police officers were acquitted for the beating of black motorist Rodney King. One...
‘Grand Horizons’ depicts a less-than-grand view of marriage
GLOUCESTER – Bess Wohl is a kind of theater archaeologist, digging for secrets about human connection. In “Camp Siegfried” (2021),...
Women get equal time in love and war in Boston version of ‘Much Ado’
BOSTON – Could Megan Sandberg-Zakian be the perfect director to capture the light and darkness of Shakespeare’s classic, “Much Ado...
Edith Wharton’s odyssey uncovered by Gloucester Stage in ‘Between the Sheets’
GLOUCESTER — Judy Braha has demonstrated a particular interest in staging plays focused on real people. Among the veteran director’s...
‘A Beautiful Noise’ comes to Emerson Colonial Theatre
Make no mistake: “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Story” – in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Emerson Colonial Theatre...
A revolutionary revival of ‘1776’ fires up Harvard Square
Many years before the 1619 Project – the New York Times’ chronicle of when the first African slaves arrived on...
An epic journey of gay men from 1910’s ‘Howards End’ to modern-day ‘Inheritance’
What is a legacy? For Jewish thirty-something Eric Glass, a grandmother’s experience during the Holocaust constitutes a major part of...
‘Ain’t too proud’ pays homage to Shelly Berger
A first-rate jukebox musical must have a strong story and the Broadway hit "Ain't too proud: The Life and Times...
A Broadway revival that seamlessly blends murder and comedy
Matthew Stern has always been drawn to musical theater. “I saw my first show, “The Phantom of the Opera,” [on...
How do you pay homage to Hendrix? Wolfman offers wide-ranging tribute
Bob Wolfman has loved the guitar ever since his New York childhood. The Jewish veteran singer-musician would perform at the...
