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Alyssa Hall

Theater Review: “She Kills Monsters” — A Delightful Celebration of Geekery

“She Kills Monsters” provides a constant stream of creative, amusing, and outrageous moments.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Company One, Qui Nguyen, She Kills Monsters

Theater Review: A Top-Notch Staging of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”

Despite the material’s limitations, the stellar SpeakEasy Stage cast and designers nail “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”‘s irreverent, over-the-top vibe, serving up plenty of humor and high amplitude entertainment.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Music, Rock, Theater Tagged: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, emo rock, Gus Curry, musical, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Fuse Theater Review: Not-so-Hot “Heir”

The first episode of the “Blood Rose Rising” series possessed creepy comic potential and an intriguing mix of multimedia, magic, and thrills that hinted at even better things to come. Alas, these hopes were dashed.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Alyssa-Hall, Blood Rose Rising, Heir of Suspicion

Stage Review: “Blood Rose Rising” — The Mysterious Perils of The “Immaterial Girl”

Part of the problem with the first episode of the “Blood Rose Rising” series may be signs of the show’s indecisive intent: is it a comic thriller spoof, a scary horror mystery, or a serious drama about relationships and spirituality?

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Blood Rose Rising, Immaterial Girl, Naga

Theater Review: “Xanadu” — Let the Campy Times Roll

The SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Xanadu is a joyful, fun piece of light summer entertainment, beautifully executed by the cast and crew, that celebrates sublime schlock in surprisingly hilarious and creative ways.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Xanadu

Theater Review: A High-Octane “Fela!”

Don’t expect a standard musical. Think of Fela! as an immersive, artsy, concert experience featuring virtuoso displays of dance and musicianship.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater, World Music Tagged: Afrobeat, Arts Emerson, Bill-T.-Jones, Fela anikulapo-Kuti, Fela!

Theater Review: “Next to Normal” Takes American Musicals Into the New Millennium

This musical’s challenging, raw, and poignant storyline, along with the stunning work of the SpeakEasy Stage Company cast and designers create a can’t-be-missed, far from normal production.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Music, Theater Tagged: Next to Normal, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Theater Review: “Monsters!” — A Pleasant Musical about Midlife Crisis

The musical wheels out well-trodden jokes about growing old while supplying all the usual greeting card life lessons (live each moment as if it were your last!).

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Gail Phaneuf, Monsters! A Midlife Musical Meltdown, musical, Regent Theatre

Theater Review: Creatures of the Night Throw a Rocking Party

“The Rocky Horror Show” works best when it is immersive like this—a theatrical party that includes the audience.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Oberon, Ryan Landry, The Gold Dust Opphans, The Rocky Horror Show

Theater Review: An Enjoyable If Unmemorable Trip Down the “Big River”

The impressive cast and lovely, atmospheric design of the Lyric Stage production cannot completely overcome the flaws of “Big River,” but they make the trip a scenic, often amusing, and enjoyable theatrical journey.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Review, Theater Tagged: Big River, Lyric stage company of boston, Mark Twain, musical, Roger Miller

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