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The year ahead in theater

The cold season heats up on Boston boards
The cold season heats up on Boston boards

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | December 29, 2008

Year in Theater: Staged right

Changing of the local guard
It's been a Buckingham Palace season on the local rialto.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 22, 2008

Adam Bock, a good listener

Talking the talk
When Adam Bock first came to Providence in the late '80s, after a friend told him there was this great playwriting teacher at Brown, he was busting with unstoppable aspiration

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 19, 2008

Revels goes to Thomas Hardy's Wessex
"At first blush, Thomas Hardy seems an unlikely figure to associate with Revels." With due respect to Revels artistic director Patrick Swanson's program statement, this Hardy fanatic of almost 50 years begs to differ.

By: JEFFREY GANTZ | December 16, 2008

Review: The Receptionist

Trinity fires off The Receptionist
Ricky Gervais meets Dick Cheney in The Receptionist.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 19, 2008

Review: Aurelia's Oratorio, All About Christmas Eve, Grinch

Aurelia's Oratorio; All About Christmas Eve; How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
Aurelia's Oratorio; All About Christmas Eve; How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 12, 2008

Photos: A rehearsal of the Slutcracker

A burlesque take on the Nutcracker

By: PHOENIX STAFF | December 12, 2008

Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep

The Lyric cracks The Mystery of Irma Vep
Jane Twisden, the sinister housekeeper of The Mystery of Irma Vep , harbors a mad, secret passion for her employer, the aristocratic and manly Lord Edgar Hillcrest.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | December 05, 2008

Reviews: Einstein's Dreams, Skylight

Einstein dreams in Central Square; Skylight is illumined in Lowell
Einstein dreams in Central Square; Skylight is illumined in Lowell

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 26, 2008

Rock n' Roll moves Huntington

Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Huntington; McPherson's The Seafarer at SpeakEasy
Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Huntington; McPherson's The Seafarer at SpeakEasy

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 24, 2008

Review: Merchant of Venice is not television

The Merchant of Venice ; Voyeurs de Venus ; The Oil Thief
Naming The Merchant of Venice after Antonio is like naming Medea after Jason.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 14, 2008

Mindless violence hammered into The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant of Inishmore; How Many Miles to Basra?; Legally Blonde the Musical
Except that it's a black farce, not a tragedy, you could call The Lieutenant of Inishmore Martin McDonagh's Titus Andronicus .

By: CAROLYN CLAY | November 05, 2008

Delusional Dracula takes stage

The ART’s Communist Dracula Pageant ; the Publick’s Faith Healer
There is more pageantry than either Stalinism or Stoker in The Communist Dracula Pageant , Anne Washburn’s ambitious jumble of a Romanian-history play now in its world premiere from the American Repertory Theatre.

By: CAROLYN CLAY | October 28, 2008