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Terry Byrne

Theater Review: A ‘Loverly’ “My Fair Lady” From the Lyric Stage

Simplicity is the key to director Scott Edmiston’s passionate vision for this musical.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Alan Jay Lerner, Christopher Chew, Frederick Lowe, George-Bernard-Shaw, Jennifer Ellis, Lyric Stage Company, musical, My Fair Lady, Scott Edmiston

Theater Review: “The Grand Parade” — History as an Imaginative Pageant

The Grand Parade is a truly sumptuous feast of imagination, color, emotion and movement; a uniquely dramatic way of interpreting our history as a torrent of events presented without judgment.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Double Edge Theatre, The Grand Parade

Theater Review: “Come Back, Little Sheba” — The Poignance of Repression

The beauty of David Cromer’s production of Come Back, Little Sheba that by focusing on the play’s intense psychological undercurrents he minimizes its cultural mustiness.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Adrianne Krstansky, Come Back, Little Sheba

Theater Review: “The Colored Museum” — Raucous, Riveting, But Out of Sync

George C. Wolfe’s 1986 collection of vignettes that spoof and celebrate black stereotypes occasionally plays like reruns from the ’90s TV show In Living Color.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Billy Porter, George C. Wolfe, Huntington-Theatre-Company, The Colored Museum

Theater Review: Kneehigh Wows With “Tristan & Yseult” — Love, Raucous and Romantic

This exhilarating Tristan & Yseult shakes us out of our role as passive observers and reminds us of the euphoria and the heartbreak love can bring.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arts Emerson, Emma Rice, Kneehigh Theatre, Tristan & Yseult

Fuse Theater Review: “Grounded” — The Costs of a Long-Distance War

Celeste Oliva’s performance is so raw, we experience every doubt, every fear, and watch her confidence slowly evaporate under pressure.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Celeste Oliva, drone strikes, drones, George Brant, Grounded, Nora Theatre Company

Theater Review: “The King of Second Avenue” — Did Somebody Say Putz?

The King of Second Avenue’s one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Abby Goldfarb, Alex Pollock, Hankus Netsky, Jeremiah Kissel, Kathy St. George, Ken Cheeseman, klezmer, Klezmer Conservatory Band, Remo Airaldi, Robert-Brustein, The King of Second Avenue, Will LeBow

Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Saint Joan” — Ferociously Relevant

The virtuoso approach of Bedlam’s Saint Joan, its unpretentious immediacy, makes this production an exuberant Shavian history lesson that should not to be missed.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bedlam's Saint Joan, Catholic Church, Central Square Theater, George-Bernard-Shaw, Saint Joan, tragedy, Underground Railway Theater

Theater Review: New Rep’s “Muckrakers” — Not Messy Enough

Zayd Dohrn’s slightly predictable Muckrakers offers some satisfying twists and turns as it moves toward the inevitable.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Esme Allen, Lewis D. Wheeler, Muckrakers, New Repertory Theatre, Zayd Dohrn

Stage Review: A Not-So-Perfect “Future Perfect” at SpeakEasy Stage

Playwright Ken Urban doesn’t seem to have a strong point of view about his thirtysomethings-in-a-muddle; neither does he allow them to change or grow.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Future Perfect, Ken Urban, Marianna Bassham, SpeakEasy Stage Company

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