Maurice Emmanuel Parent

Theater Review: “A Strange Loop” — An Exhilarating Musical Loop-de-Loop

May 2, 2024

This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.

Theater Review: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — The Joint is Really Jumpin’

May 4, 2022

Posted in Featured, Jazz, Music, Theater

This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those one-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.

Theater Review: “Choir Boy” — Musical Grace

September 22, 2019

Posted in Featured, Review, Theater

Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.

Theater Review: “Breath & Imagination” — An Indomitable Voice

December 11, 2018

Posted in Featured, Music, Review, Theater

The success or failure of this show rests primarily on the physical presence, voice and acting of the actor playing the celebrated lyric tenor Roland Hayes.

Theater Review: “Bootycandy” — Bawdy and Sweet

March 22, 2016

Posted in Featured, Review, Theater

Bootycandy is sharp-witted and entertaining — but thoroughly sugary.

Theater Review: A Flawed “Far From Heaven” at Speakeasy Stage Company

September 20, 2014

Posted in Featured, Review, Theater

In the musical Far From Heaven, the pleasure of Cathy’s first-act dream overwhelms the anguish of her second-act awakening.