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Paul Daigneault

Theater Review: “The Inheritance” — Confronting the Unthinkable

As National Pride Month begins, The Inheritance is a powerful way to honor and remember the impossible journey so many have taken to win the right to simply be themselves in public.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Mark H. Dold., Matthew Lopez, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Inheritance

Theater Review: “Songs for a New World” — A Musical for Our Moment

Songs for a New World grapples with the jumble of emotions prompted by the end of the pandemic, while also serving as a potent reminder of what a joyful experience musical theater can be.

By: Erik Nikander Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Jason Robert Brown, Paul Daigneault, Songs for a New World, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Theater Review: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

We are invited to see the world through the eyes of an adolescent whose autism makes human communication and contact incredibly difficult.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Eliott Purcell, Mark Haddon, Paul Daigneault, Simon Stephens, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Yo-El Cassell

Theater Review: “The Scottsboro Boys” — A Musical That Matters

The musical is a relentless, one hour and fifty minute excursion into the history of racial bias in America, from the cotton fields to the Civil Rights movement.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Fred Ebb, John Kander, Kamela Dolinova, musical, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Scottsboro Boys

Theater Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Delights with “Significant Other”

From Significant Other’s opening moments, it is clear that this smart and heartfelt script is in very capable hands.

By: Kamela Dolinova Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Joshua Harmon, Kamela Dolinova, Paul Daigneault, Significant Other, SpeakEasy Stage Company

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

Director Paul Daigneault and SpeakEasy Stage have a hit on their hands

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Dogfight, musical, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Theater Review: “Violet” — A Musical Quest for Healing

In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Jeanine Tesori, musical, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Violet

Fuse Theater Review: “Mothers & Sons” — Surveying, With Understanding, the Battles Ahead

Mothers & Sons raises important questions about struggle, acceptance, and love, dramatizing battles that are still being waged.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: AIDS, American, gay, homosexuality, Mothers & Sons, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Terrence McNally

Theater Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Vibrant “Color Purple”

The singing in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production is strong throughout; it’s easy to get caught up in the sheer pleasure of such a variety of voices.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Color Purple

Theater Review: The Music and Dance of “In the Heights” — Pure Energy

Like the great immigrant musicals, “In the Heights” touches on the tension between old and new cultures and generations, finding home, families and their expectations.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda, musical, Paul Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company

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