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Fuse Theater Review: “Lobster Girl” — A Heartfelt Musical Sea Yarn

June 18, 2016
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Lobster Girl presents us with an idyllic vision of Cape Ann, Massachusetts: blue and pink skies, shining water, a picturesque seagull.

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Theater Review: “I Was Most Alive With You” — Ambition is Not Enough

June 16, 2016
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The effort to merge Deaf culture with the Book of Job becomes too much a burden for Craig Lucas’s family melodrama to bear.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Presto Change-O” — Magic With a Punch

May 27, 2016
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This character-driven comedy about three generations of illusionists is light as a bauble, yet packs a subtle psychological punch.

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Theater Review: Peter Pan Prequel — A Little Too Heavy to Take Off

May 26, 2016
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At the Lyric Stage Company, Peter and the Starcatcher charms, but doesn’t quite take flight.

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Stage Review: In The Body of the World — Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Worlds

May 25, 2016
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This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.

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Theater Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Dogfight” — Kudos All Around

May 15, 2016
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Director Paul Daigneault and SpeakEasy Stage have a hit on their hands

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Theater Review: “RoosevElvis” — Antic Americana

May 13, 2016
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RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.

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Theater Review: Zeitgeist Stage’s “A Great Wilderness” — Revelations in the Woods

May 11, 2016
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A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself — that he has probably wasted his life.

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Theater Review: “Freud’s Last Session” — Dramatically Repressed

May 9, 2016
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When it comes to dramatic debate, balanced parry and thrust are paramount.

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Theater Review: “Legally Blind: The Helen Keller Musical” — Burlesque, Visually Impaired

May 6, 2016
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Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.

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