REVIEW: “Dead Girl’s Quinceañera” at Barrington Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Who doesn’t love a mystery? Honestly, me. But I could not help but be drawn into Dead Girl’s Quinceañera by Phanesia Pharel…
REVIEW: “The Lisbon Traviata” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss This seems to be the season for reviving Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s plays. Having just reviewed Frankie and Johnny at the…
REVIEW: “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune” at Shakespeare & Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Lovemaking, music, and laughter greet us before the lights come up on the Elayne P. Bernstein stage in Terrence McNally’s Frankie and…
Paula Goes on Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Cruise
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss (Berkshire on Stage critic Paula Kaplan-Reiss recently went on Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Cruise with Seth Rudetsky! Here she shares her experience…
REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The Secret Garden, Mac-Haydn’s third musical of the 2026 summer season is in full bloom. John Saunders beautifully directs this outstanding cast…
REVIEW: “Fireflies” at Shakespeare & Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I knew I had to see and review Fireflies by Matthew Barber at Shakespeare & Company. My husband just published his novel,…
REVIEW: “The Zionists” at Barrington Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss “The Zionists was born from a place of deep, personal pain. It was my way of trying to make sense of everything…
REVIEW: “Dirty Blonde” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Mae West is the subject of Claudia Shear’s play, Dirty Blonde, being performed at the Ghent Playhouse. First seen on Broadway in…