Theater

• ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Has Hits, Misses

  May 21st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Skylight production has two strong leads and provides lots of (sometimes corny) fun.

• A Little Baudy, A Bit Risque

  May 16th, 2019 by Jim Cryns

  Skylight’s ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ presents the greatest show Cole Porter ever wrote.

• So There Was This Barbershop Quartet

  May 1st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Whose lead singer died, provoking jokes and songs in In Tandem’s ‘The Fabulous Lipitones’.

• ‘Two Trains Running’ Is a Powerful Ride

  Apr 22nd, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Rep production captures August Wilson’s great characters and social poetry.

• Chamber Theatre’s Comic War on Slavery

  Apr 16th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  ‘Ben Butler’ is set in Civil War with lessons for today, but the message and buffoonery are over-played.

• In Tandem Readies Its Final Play

  Apr 16th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Two-decade-old theater’s last show ‘The Fabulous Lipitones’ opens April 25.

• Suicide, Depression and… Comedy

  Apr 15th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Rep’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ engages and amuses audience on some dark subjects.

• “The King And I,” 68 Years Later

  Apr 10th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Touring show is strong, smart revival, but still raises issues about changing cultural attitudes.

• “Annie Jump” Is a Technical Triumph

  Apr 1st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  New play premiered by Renaissance has great atmosphere, but mawkish scenarios.

• Skylight’s ‘Carmina Burana’ Will Wow You

  Mar 18th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  The most original and mesmerizing production I’ve seen this season.

• Carmina Burana Becomes Big Little Show

  Mar 14th, 2019 by Jim Cryns

  Carl Orff’s musical setting of medieval monks’ poems gets a dramatic staging with dancers.

• Mother Knows Best

  Mar 11th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth

  Rep’s family play ‘Things I Know to Be True’ is uneven, but audience seems captivated.