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Maurice Emmanuel Parent

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

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.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Theater Tagged: Ain’t Misbehavin’, David Greenham, Fats Waller, Greater Boston Stage Company, Luther Henderson, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora@Central Square Theater

Theater Review: “Choir Boy” — Musical Grace

Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Choir Boy, gospel, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Terrell Alvin McCraney

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

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.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Theater Tagged: Breath & Imagination, Daniel-Beaty, Lyric stage company of boston, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Roland Hayes, Steve Provizer, The Front Porch Arts Collective

Theater Review: “Bootycandy” — Bawdy and Sweet

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

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bootycandy, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Robert O’Hara, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Summer l. Williams, Tiffany Nichole Greene

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

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

By: Lin Haire-Sargent Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Far From Heaven, Jennifer Ellis, Lin Haire-Sargeant, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Michael Korie, Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel, SpeakEasy Stage Company

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