Terry Byrne

Theater Review: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” — Middle-aged Angst and Broad Humor

January 10, 2015
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While worth a look for its inspired performances, this Huntington Theatre Company production does not give us Christopher Durang at his madcap best.

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Fuse Theater Review: “The Christmas Revels” — Charming English Music Hall Edition

December 16, 2014
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In classic Revels style, the unexpected mix of talents results in a wonderful mash-up of comic schtick and classical performance.

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Theater Review: “The Trip to Bountiful” — A Testament to the Enduring Power of the Human Spirit

November 23, 2014
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Horton Foote’s dialogue often dances on the edge of sentimentality, but, because of these performers, moments that might be sappy are instead deeply moving.

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Theater Review: “Awake and Sing!”? Too Much Bickering

November 15, 2014
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In this production, intractable conflicts occasionally bubble to the surface, but too often they are buried beneath family squabbling.

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Fuse Theater Review: New Rep Comes up With a Sly and Loose Version of “Assassins”

October 13, 2014
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The fine efforts of the New Rep performers and Jim Petosa’s thoughtful staging can’t solve this musical’s central flaw.

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Theater Review: Double Edge Theatre’s “Shahrazad” — A Feast for Our Imaginations

August 1, 2014
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Shahrazad is the latest in Double Edge’s summer spectacles, and with this piece, director and designer Stacy Klein has found the perfect balance between story and visuals.

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Theater Review: Richard Snee and Paula Plum Make for a Rewarding “Auld Lang Syne”

July 22, 2014
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Local playwright Jack Neary always captures the frisson of nostalgia and resentment familiar to Catholic school graduates of a certain era, teasing gently without ever offending.

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Theater Review: Company One’s “Astro Boy” Rockets into an Eye-Popping Adventure

July 21, 2014
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Company One’s production treats audiences to a seamless, eight-member ensemble who perform with a complicated bevy of multimedia effects that are so smoothly integrated into the action they elicit ooohs and aahs from the crowd.

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Theater Review: “Apt. 4D” — Beau Jest’s Sly, Comic Ode to Film Noir

June 15, 2014
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Beau Jest’s playful Apt 4D offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the creativity and imagination of the truly extraordinary theater troupe.

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Theater Review: “Carrie” — Stephen King Horror Story Morphed into a Ho-Hum Musical

May 27, 2014
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The trio of writers has flattened Stephen King’s gaggle of high school teens into two-dimensional clichés, devoid of any adolescent intensity.

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