SpeakEasy Stage Company’s newest production In the Heights dazzles as a proud piece of socioeconomic exploration. The musical took New York City by storm in 2008 as a Tony-winning Best Musical, and SpeakEasy stages its own production with the same passion. While the leads lack some of the star quality necessary to sell their stories, […]
Zeitgeist Stage Company offers a treat in its most recent production of Punk Rock, a rarely-performed British drama by Simon Stephens. Performed in the intimate Plaza Black Box and using an alley-way set design with simple chairs and tables, the focus of this production is on the actors and their characters. With few exits and […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Turtle Lane Playhouse’s West Side Story featured a standout Anita in the form of Ianthe Marini, who brought intelligence, empathy and palpable passion to one of musical theatre’s greatest roles. The Best Supporting Actress in a Regional Production nominee is […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. A master of timing, Juliet Bowler’s understated and terrifying turn in the Sarah Gazdowicz-directed Pillowman helped to make it one of the best in Boston all year. The Best Supporting Actress in a Regional Production nominee took the time […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. In my review of one of the best productions in Boston all year, Polaroid Stories, I said “few actors could make me fall in love and despise and pity and love again the man who is Narcissus” […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Scarlett Redmond is the magnetic actress who elevated The Brown Box Theatre Project’s first Boston production- the daring Some Explicit Polaroids– to make it a stellar premiere. A Best Actress in a Regional Production nominee in this year’s My Theatre Awards, […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. One of Boston’s most promising young performers Caitlyn Conley’s standout turns in both Wandaleria and True Believers landed her on My Theatre’s must-watch list. Caitlyn’s a Best Actress in a Regional Production nominee in this year’s My Theatre Awards and she took the […]
Every once in a while, you find a show that moves you; the show inspires you to lead a more purposeful life. For me, I knew that Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead was the kind of show that begged to be seen. I directed the show in college and I will forever […]