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Theater Appreciation: “Miracle of Miracles” — The Priscilla Beach Theatre Redux

July 3, 2015
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The venerable Priscilla Beach Theatre was in danger of crumbling away — but it has been fully restored and is swinging into a summertime season of musicals.

Fuse Theater Review: “Intimate Exchanges” — A Comedy of Possibilities

July 2, 2015
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In many ways, Alan Ayckbourn in Intimate Exchanges has concocted the perfect recipe for a company like the Peterborough Players.

Theater Review: “The Wakeville Stories” – Theater as Civic Ritual

June 26, 2015
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Dramatist Laurence Carr has a gift for vivid characterization and for creating a concrete sense of time and place.

Theater Review: Happy Medium Theatre’s “Dying City” — Inventive Intimacy

June 25, 2015
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Happy Medium Theatre’s powerful production is a testament to how the artists in our area are triumphing over the economic adversity.

Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven “Red” from the Peterborough Players

June 18, 2015
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There is little for the audience to take away from Red, except the anecdotal dramatization of an event inspired by Mark Rothko’s career.

Theater Review: Gloucester Stage Company’s “Sweet and Sad” — Subtle to a Fault

June 16, 2015
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Richard Nelson does not compel us to pay attention to his characters’ psychological disclosures, and his reluctance to underline is refreshing.

Theater Review: The BSC’s “Man of La Mancha” — A Marvelously Robust Revival

June 15, 2015
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If you revel in witty lyrics and soaring melodies as I do, you will love this Man of La Mancha

Theater Review: “Three” Equals Zero

June 14, 2015
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In truth, Three is not much of a play at all, but an anthology of “very special episodes” of an unproduced television or web series.

Fuse Theater Review: “after all the terrible things I do” — Taking a Safe Stand

June 13, 2015
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Scripts of this well-intentioned variety are big on exalting forgiveness and empathy – calls for justice are rare for obvious reasons.

Fuse Theater Review: “The How and the Why” — The Science of Being Human

June 10, 2015
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It is worth your time watching Shakespeare & Company’s two fine actresses come to an understanding that is cathartic and real.

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