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Michael Von Redlich
May 10, 2012
There’s more than a spoonful of sugar going down in ‘Mary Poppers.'
May 10, 2012
Director Douglas Carter Beane on choosing to bring a bad ’80s flick to the stage.
April 29, 2012
Playwright Rick Elice tells us how "Peter and the Starcatcher" went from kid's bookshelves to Broadway.
April 26, 2012
Fela Kuti musical is every bit deserving of its exclamation point.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Leaping to an opportunity
April 25, 2012
Kirven James Boyd started in Boston and now works with Alvin Ailey Dance American Theatre.
In 'Fela!' music's in the air
April 23, 2012
It's not every international music star whose life should be turned into a Broadway show.
Theater review: ‘Blogologues: Younger Than Springtime’
April 21, 2012
It's always fun to revisit a show that we previously reviewed to see how it's progressed. Find out how "Blogologues" is doing at its new home in The Players Loft.
'Tiger Be Still' our laughing stomachs
April 19, 2012
Zeitgeist turns ‘Tigers’ into what is possibly the funniest thing this reviewer has ever seen.
'The Temperamentals' may make you moody
April 16, 2012
The Lyric Stage Company can't seem to make it work in their interminably dull production of "The Temperamentals."
Asperger's sketch troupe provides an atypical take on comedy
April 12, 2012
Quartet wants to dispel the rumor that folks with this condition have no sense of humor.
After 25 years, 'Les Miserables' is still magnifique
March 27, 2012
It's been 25 years since "Les Miserables" first took the theater world by storm.
Having a great ‘Time Stands Still’
March 15, 2012
Unfortunately the title of the Lyric's latest isn’t true, and the play closes after this weekend.
Music to check out this season in Boston
March 08, 2012
In the next few months, there will be some great music in town.
Everything's coming up in theater: New shows to keep an eye on
March 08, 2012
Over the next few months, all sorts of arts events will spring forth in the city. ‘Tigers,’ ‘Temperamentals’ and a ‘Miracle Worker’ are just a few of the colorful characters.
A.R.T.’s ‘Wild Swans’ is a riveting account of contemporary China
March 07, 2012
“Wild Swans” is a visually stunning spectacle that gets more intriguing every time you revisit the experience.
The tip of the Iceland
March 01, 2012
Iceland is the closest European country to America, and it’s about to get even closer.
Have the time of your life at ‘Time of My Life’
February 23, 2012
Zeitgeist Stage Company’s delightful production of “Time of My Life” is a nice reminder of how fun family dinners can be … when it’s not your family.
In ‘Wild Swans’ you’ll see Katie Leung in a brand new way
February 16, 2012
“Wild Swans,” about three generations of women living through China’s Cultural Revolution, is an important one to tell.
Every Addams puts the fun in both funeral and dysfunctional
February 09, 2012
Panned by critics when it hit Broadway, “The Addams Family,” a musical tale of America’s eeriest family, was nonetheless an instant hit.
Haven’t met a normal ‘Family’ yet
February 05, 2012
Although they were denied a permit to build a temporary mansion in the Boston Common, the Addams Family is bringing its hit musical to Boston.
Feast your ‘Green Eyes' on this
February 01, 2012
“Green Eyes” is a site-specific production of a long-lost Tennessee Williams short brought to Boston by Company One.
‘God’ works in mysterious ways
January 31, 2012
Laughter abounds in the Huntington Theatre Company’s current production “God of Carnage,” but it’s nothing that hasn’t been seen before.
'American Idiot': It’s something unpredictable
January 25, 2012
Punk rock band Green Day’s 2004 anthem of angst-riddled, disenfranchised youth has become a two-time Tony Award-winning musical currently playing a far-too-short run at the Boston Opera House.
Do wanna be an ‘American Idiot’
January 23, 2012
Three best friends want to escape the doldrums of Suburbia, U.S.A., in “American Idiot.”
Robbie McCauley pours some ‘Sugar’ on you
January 16, 2012
Unless you have it, you probably don’t spend much time talking about diabetes.
You’ll certainly be seeing ‘Red’
January 16, 2012
Experiencing SpeakEasy Stage Company’s stellar production of “Red” feels much like looking at a great piece of art.
With Gob Squad’s latest, your 15 minutes of fame begin in the ‘Kitchen’
January 12, 2012
Gob Squad’s “Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good)” isn’t yet another homage to Andy Warhol.
Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses
January 11, 2012
The Tony Award-winning play, “Red, “ in which Mark Rothko and his young assistant heatedly debate the artist’s motives as they construct the pricey canvases, has become one of the most produced plays in the U.S.
Guide to what's happening in Boston this week
January 04, 2012
Metro's guide to what's happening in Boston this week.
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