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Leigh Barrett

Theater Review: “The Last Five Years” — Time-Tripping Through Scenes From a Marriage

Leigh Barrett’s staging reflects a clear-eyed understanding of the power of the material’s simplicity, which makes The Last Five Years an exceptional musical experience: thought-provoking as well as captivating.

By: Erik Nikander Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Erik Nikander, Jason Robert Brown, Leigh Barrett, Lyric stage company of boston, The Last Five Years

Theater Review: “Souvenir” — An Intimate Gem

Spiro Veloudos and his talented cast has given us an evening in the theater when all that makes us human comes to the fore.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Florence Foster Jenkins, Leigh Barrett, Lyric Stage Company, Souvenir, Spiro Veloudos, Will McGarrahan

Theater Review: “Gypsy” — A Fine Production of a Troubling Classic Musical

If Gypsy is one of your favorite musicals, chances are you’ll find Lyric Stage’s production of the admired show to be a terrific time.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Erik Nikander, Gypsy, Leigh Barrett, Lyric stage company of boston, musical, Rachel Bertone

Fuse Theater Review: “Sondheim on Sondheim” — A Terrific Overview of the Man Behind the Musicals

The revue is a moving and hilarious mixture of reminiscences and stories about Sondheim’s life and a well-chosen sampler of his songs.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: James Lapine, Leigh Barrett, Lyric Stage Company, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spiro Veloudos, Stephen-Sondheim

Theater Review: Lyric Stage’s “City of Angels” — A Witty, Jazzy Delight

The Lyric Stage Company’s entertaining production of this Tony-winner for best musical, book, and score hits most of the right noirish notes.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Catherine Stornetta, City of Angels, Ed Hoopman, Larry Gelbart, Leigh Barrett, Lyric Stage Company, Phil Tayler, Spiro Veloudos

Fuse Theater Review: Singers Shine in New Rep’s “Closer Than Ever”

Leigh Barrett and her collaborators sing and act beautifully, and they are obviously having a great deal of fun performing Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire’s heartfelt songs about the trials and transitions of middle age.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Brian Richard Robinson, David Foley, David Shire, Jim Rice, John Stykluna, Kathy St. George, Leigh Barrett, New Rep Theatre, Richard Maltby Jr.

Theater Review: Kander and Ebb’s Elegant and Understated “World”

While this revue of Kander and Ebb tunes doesn’t have a plot, much dialogue, or even named characters, it does contain stories, funny and touching vignettes of ordinary lives.

By: Alyssa Hall Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Kander and Ebb, Leigh Barrett, musical, New Repertory Theatre, revue, The World Goes 'Round

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