REVIEW: “The Road to Mecca” at Silverthorne Theater
by Jenny Hansell The Road to Mecca, South African playwright Athol Fugard’s 1984 play about an elderly artist in a remote desert town, is being…
REVIEW: “The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter” at Oldcastle
by Gail M. Burns Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile, first published in serial form from 1854-1855, is Herman Melville’s only historical novel, based…
REVIEW: “Church & State” at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Roseann Cane A screen descends, and on it a political television commercial appears. We hear the voice of Senator Charles Whitmore (Graham Rowat), a…
REVIEW: “Anything Goes” at the Sharon Playhouse
by Macey Levin Cole Porter’s music has been part of the American Song Book since 1915 beginning with a little-known show Hands Up. His breakthrough…
REVIEW: “The Tempest” GhostLit Rep at St. James Place
by Macey Levin Several of William Shakespeare’s plays have been made into musicals or operas… namely. The Comedy of Errors became Rodgers and Hart’s The…
REVIEW: “The Royal Family of Broadway” at Barrington Stage
by Roseann Cane What do you get when you bring together a thoroughly brilliant cast of singing, dancing actors, a preternaturally gifted director, and a…
REVIEW: “Funny Girl” at the Mac-Haydn
by Roseann Cane A small number of American musicals seem inseparable from the actors who originated the lead roles. For devotees of musical theater, Yul…
REVIEW: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Circle Theatre Players at SLCA
by Gail M. Burns I am all in favor of community theatres taking risks. And while The Importance of Being Earnest is not generally a…