Boston Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 47

BWW Reviews: MONSTER Haunts the BU Theatre
by Nancy Grossman - February 20, 2012

The sight and smell of smoke, the surrounding walls draped in sheets of white fabric, and a brew of eerie sounds and lights combine to set the mood for Boston Center for American Performance's MONSTER, a rendering of the oft-told FRANKENSTEIN tale that is not likely to be confused with earlier film ...

BWW Reviews: DADDY LONG LEGS Is a Delight
by Nancy Grossman - February 16, 2012

Following the success of their last production, the 1943 play THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE, Merrimack Repertory Theatre mines the early 20th century for source material and strikes gold. Think about bringing your daughters and granddaughters to meet the extremely likeable and capable young female protago...

THE ADDAMS FAMILY: More Mediocre Than Macabre
by Jan Nargi - February 11, 2012

National tour of revamped Broadway musical based on the darkly humorous comics of Charles Addams is more sweetly traditional than deliciously cutting edge...

'SUPERIOR DONUTS' HAS TOUGH GLAZE, SOFT CENTER
by Jan Nargi - February 02, 2012

Boston's Lyric Stage production of Tracy Letts' kinder, gentler follow-up to 'August: Osage County' boasts a superb cast of vivid characters grappling with a changing neighborhood and changing times...

BWW Reviews: Haunting GREEN EYES at Ames Hotel
by Nancy Grossman - February 01, 2012

Tennessee Williams' "new" play set in hotel bedroom where its characters can play out their psychosexual fantasies in front of an intimate audience. Company One presents Boston premiere in collaboration with Chris Keegan and The Kindness and Director Travis Chamberlain....

ART Mirrors Life
by Jan Nargi - January 31, 2012

Tony Award-winning play by Yasmina Reza takes a penetrating look at the fragility of friendship in a thought-provoking production at the New Rep in Watertown...

'GOD OF CARNAGE' IS HIT AND MISS
by Jan Nargi - January 30, 2012

Boston premiere of 2010 Tony Award-winning play GOD OF CARNAGE at the Huntington Theatre is full of laughs but short on deeper satisfactions...

AMERICAN IDIOT Jolts the Senses
by Jan Nargi - January 27, 2012

National tour of 2010 Tony-nominated rock musical 'Green Day's American Idiot' electrifies Boston with hard-driving message of alienation and finding one's way back home...

BWW Reviews: Origin of the Species, or How Did Humpty Dumpty Hatch?
by Nancy Grossman - January 23, 2012

'Winter Panto 2012: The Half-Baked & Hard-to-Swallow History of Humpty Dumpty, Or, One Egg is Enough' is imaginary beasts' first foray to Boston following nine years of developing accessible theatre for the North Shore community. Think Fractured Fairy Tales meets Dr. Seuss, and you've got a pretty g...

RED Paints the Artistry and Anguish of a Brilliant Mind
by Jan Nargi - January 17, 2012

Thomas Derrah gives a tour de force performance as the noted but troubled artist Mark Rothko in a crackling SpeakEasy Stage Company production of John Logan's Tony Award-winning play...

BWW Reviews: THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE Sings Sweetly
by Nancy Grossman - January 16, 2012

Merrimack Repertory Theatre delivers a heartwarming production of an old chestnut. The 1943 wartime classic reminds us how sweet it is to live in the moment and grab the brass ring when it comes along....

BWW Reviews: THREE PIANOS - A Music Event on Wheels
by Nancy Grossman - December 19, 2011

The American Repertory Theater presents a loving tribute to Franz Schubert and his romantic song cycle 'Winterreise.' Part piano concert, part storytelling, and part salon known as Schubertiade, 'Three Pianos' hopes to educate as it entertains....

BWW Reviews: Return to Yesteryear in A CHRISTMAS STORY
by Nancy Grossman - December 16, 2011

Nostalgia piece at New Repertory Theatre is a humorous, heartwarming play based on the 1983 film and Jean Sheperd stories. Features the classic line, "You'll shoot your eye out," the tongue stuck on the frozen flagpole, the gaudy lamp, and the Red Ryder BB gun. A great outing for the whole family. ...

BWW Reviews: New LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Tour Is More Leather Than Lace
by Jan Nargi - December 14, 2011

National tour of Tony Award-winning revival starring George Hamilton and Christopher Seiber is a naughty but nice Christmas present to Boston through December 18...

BWW Reviews: Fresh Ink Theatre Debuts with PRISCILLA DREAMS THE ANSWER
by Nancy Grossman - December 13, 2011

Fringe theatre company debuts with new, award-winning play by Walt McGough at Factory Theatre. While she struggles to overcome a trauma in her life, two aliens approach Priscilla to save their world. She looks for answers from a game show savant and learns that some things are unknowable, but that w...

BWW Reviews: HIGH Expectations, Disappointing Results
by Jan Nargi - December 08, 2011

National tour of failed Broadway production of 'High,' Matthew Lombardo's muddled new play about addiction and the role of faith in recovery, opens in Boston with stars Kathleen Turner and Evan Jonigkeit reprising their roles...

Gold Dust Orphans Go Green with Return of Mrs. Grinchley
by Nancy Grossman - December 07, 2011

Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans hope to start a new holiday tradition with the reprise of last year's hit 'Mrs. Grinchley's Christmas Carol' at Theater Machine at the Ramrod Center for the Performing Arts. This is not your grandfather's Dickens or your children's Dr. Seuss, but features the us...

THREE VIEWINGS: Love, Loss, and What She Stole
by Nancy Grossman - December 04, 2011

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's witty trio of compelling monologues is skillfully directed and powerfully presented by New Rep in the Black Box Theater, the setting serving as an ideal space to witness these intimate stories....

BWW Reviews: Reduced Shakespeare Company Gives Christmas The Business (abridged)
by Nancy Grossman - November 29, 2011

Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents its audience with the ultimate Christmas present - the return of the Reduced Shakespeare Company and the East Coast premiere of 'The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged).' All of your favorite holiday characters - Baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Santa Claus, and the Bee ...

CAPTORS Sheds Light on Eichmann's Capture
by Nancy Grossman - November 27, 2011

Michael Cristofer and Louis Cancelmi give captivating performances as Adolph Eichmann and Israeli Mossad agent Peter Malkin respectively in Evan M. Weiner's play receiving its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company....

BWW Reviews: HOUSE - If These Walls Could Talk
by Nancy Grossman - November 16, 2011

The Boston Center for American Performance, the professional extension of the Boston University School of Theatre, continues its fourth season with Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor's darkly humorous one-man play that alters the typical theatrical boundaries and brings the audience into the story....

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN Turns City Hall Plaza Into Neverland
by Nancy Grossman - November 14, 2011

The Threesixty Theatre brings its 1,300 seat state-of-the-art tent to Boston's City Hall Plaza, transforming the barren expanse into a magical land filled with flying fairies, Lost Boys, pirates, and the delightful boy who refuses to grow up. 3D projections are brilliantly colorful, larger than life...

BWW Reviews: BEFORE I LEAVE YOU - A Different Cambridge Love Story
by Nancy Grossman - October 28, 2011

Huntington Theatre Company presents the premiere of Huntington Playwriting Fellow Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro's love story for grownups. Her insight into the hearts and minds of sixty-something old friends, her crisp and witty writing, and Jonathan Silverstein's smooth direction make this a worthwhile -...

BWW Reviews: Title Says It All: This SISTER is Divine!
by Nancy Grossman - October 26, 2011

The halls (of the Calderwood Pavilion) are alive with the sound of…laughter, generated by the SpeakEasy Stage production of Charles Busch's 'The Divine Sister.' Directed by Larry Coen, the New England premiere of the 2010 hit Off-Broadway comedy stars Jeffery Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman) and Bos...

BWW Reviews: Boston Premiere of OR, at Lyric Stage Company
by Nancy Grossman - October 20, 2011

The title may not grab you, but Director Daniel Gidron's production at the Lyric Stage will keep you laughing and guessing in Liz Duffy Adams' comic sex farce. ...