Martin Copenhaver

Theater Review: “Lizard Boy” — A Comic Book-Musical Quest that Celebrates Teenage Self-Acceptance

November 7, 2025
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The themes of “Lizard Boy” would land more squarely—and more powerfully—with a teenage audience than they can with those of us who can only recall such a time in our lives.

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Theater Review: “The Hills of California” — The Power of Family Matters

September 27, 2025
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The play eventually packs a wallop, but it drags its feet at the start.

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Theater Review: “The Light in the Piazza” — In Love with Love, Ironies Be Damned

May 23, 2025
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The lush, lyrical, and demanding score is the main attraction, and the excellent Huntington Theatre Company cast is, for the most part, up to the challenge of singing it.

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Theater Review: “The Triumph of Love” — A Gender Bender of a French Farce

March 31, 2025
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“The Triumph of Love” lacks the physical comedy and swift action that usually characterize a farce. Here the dialogue is the action. 

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Theater Review: “A Man of No Importance” — Love Is a Many Complicated Thing

March 5, 2025
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“A Man of No Importance” is a fitting finale for Paul Daigneault’s tenure as Artistic Director of SpeakEasy Stage Company because it is a paean to the power of theater as both an artistic expression and a place to discover community.

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Theater Review: “Galileo’s Daughter” — Ill-Matched Stories

November 26, 2024
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A story of divorce and self-discovery may be worth telling, but it suffers when it is interwoven with a life narrative that is clearly weighter.

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Theater Review: “Conscience” — When American History Rhymes

October 5, 2024
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Tony winning playwright Joe DiPietro does a commendable job of dramatizing the true-life confrontation between Margaret Chase Smith and Joseph McCarthy while they were both serving in the United States Senate.

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Theater Review: The A.R.T.’s Not-So-Great “Gatsby”

June 17, 2024
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The creators of “Gatsby” have fashioned some inventive ways to make the story seem more contemporary. None of that, however, seems enough to justify the enormous amount of energy and talent that was expended in this production.

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Theater Review: “Toni Stone” — Winning Season

June 4, 2024
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The excellent ensemble of Huntington Theatre Company actors, fittingly, work well as a team.

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Jazz Feature: Saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. — At the Intersection of Spirituals and Jazz

May 7, 2024
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Saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr, was not initially drawn to spirituals. In fact, as a young person, he found them frightening.

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