Legislators join LGBT homeless youth in theater performance
City and state legislators will take to the stage with LGBTQ homeless youth to work out policy through interactive theater.
The results for the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards are in!
The Boston Theater Critics Association celebrated excellence in theater at the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards Monday night at the Paramount Theater. Named for eminent theater critic Elliot Norton, the “Norties” honor actors, directors, producers and designers for outstanding work throughout the 2012-13 season.
PHOTOS: Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’
Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch will star as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie.’
‘From Denmark With Love’ is Shakespeare: shaken, not stirred
Spies, suspense, corrupt evildoers and a cunning leading man converge in a new play. But is the leading fellow a dashing secret agent or a Shakespearian prince? Actually, in Vaquero Playground’s play “From Denmark With Love” he’s both.
High School Hell: Zeitgeist Stage’s ‘Punk Rock’ has nothing to do with music
Simon Stephens’ tale of teen angst glosses over the expected topics that challeneg 17-year-olds — sex, drugs and coming of age challenges — instead delving headfirst into a seething cauldron of adolescent rage that, sadly, begets violence. We’ve seen these characters before. Think “The Breakfast Club,” but replace Molly Ringwald and company with a group of affluent British teens grappling with issues that run the gamut from bullying, humiliation, and burning to getting into Oxford. Then you’ll have Zeitgeist Stage’s “Punk Rock.”
Theater: Making ‘Scrambled Eggs’
Metro interviews Robin Amos Kahn, one half of the writing team behind the new off-Broadway play, “Scrambled Eggs.” It’s running through May 11 at Theater Row’s Beckett Theatre (www.scrambledeggstheplay.com).
Got wood? Gold Dust Orphans’ ‘Pornocchio’ is the classic fairy tale for adults
In Pornocchio, Ryan Landry’s musical adaptation of Pinocchio, it’s not the little wooden boy’s nose that grows when he lies. Aside from that transgression, this adults-only laugh riot remains fairly true to its inspiration.
Team Sunshine makes comedy from tragedy
Team Sunshine’s new show explores our ability to watch the world’s calamities unfold on TV.
Mike Tyson’s Truth: Iron Mike talks pigeons, ‘Rocky,’ Zach Galifianakis, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ and other stuff
There are things that everyone knows about Mike Tyson. The weird stuff. The frightening stuff. The flat-out insane stuff. The stuff of legends. Holyfield’s ear. Years of domestic strife. Bouts of volatility and violence (an occupational hazard, perhaps).That face tattoo. But there’s also other stuff. Like an inexplicable fondness for pigeons, the most common bird in the aviary hierarchy. You’d have guessed maybe peacocks. Or bald freaking eagles. But no, Iron Mike loves pigeons. He also loves theater. All kinds of theater.
The magic in ‘Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan’ is ageless
If your eyes roll at the thought of a 60-year-old, two-time Olympic gymnast playing Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, in a mammoth, Broadway-style musical you wouldn’t be alone. But don’t let your cynicism (or mine) keep you from enjoying this magical theatrical experience.
The minute Cathy Rigby’s Peter Pan flies into the open windows of the Darling family home, it’s clear this is no run-of-the-mill adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale. Rigby, the first American woman to win a medal in World Gymnastics competition, still flips, floats and tumbles like a teen. She also sings like a Tony-nominated musical theater vet while maintaining the tough, yet vulnerable demeanor of a young boy.