Ryan Landry

Theater News: There Goes the Neighborhood — Gold Dust Orphans to Lose their Fenway Home

May 8, 2019
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“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”

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Theater Review: “Legally Blind: The Helen Keller Musical” — Burlesque, Visually Impaired

May 6, 2016
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Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.

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Theater Review: “Snow White and the Seven Bottoms” — Smart, Stylish, Slick, and Hilarious

April 28, 2014
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Ryan Landry has a sharp eye and ear for contemporary foibles, skewering stereotypes and pop culture icons with equal aplomb.

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Fuse Theater Review: “M” and the Torment of Artistic Freedom

April 12, 2013
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But if a dramatist butchers everything – what will can be put in its place? In the case of “M” it is nothing; nothing I can see or understand.

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Theater Review: Creatures of the Night Throw a Rocking Party

October 26, 2011
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“The Rocky Horror Show” works best when it is immersive like this—a theatrical party that includes the audience.

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Coming Attractions in Theater: December 2010

December 1, 2010
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I figure you know where the killer Scrooges are, so this month I look for alternatives to the usual holiday fare. The American Repertory Theater and GAN-e-meed Theatre Project are serving up something different, and SpeakEasy Stage Company says it has found “hip” holiday fare. I have heard that one before, but you never know.…

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Coming Attractions in Theater: May 2010

April 25, 2010
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By Bill Marx The month contains plenty of summerish entertainment, from a new baseball musical to a campy Alfred Hitchcock parody and a jazzy update of The Mikado. For me, the standouts are the more demanding fare, such as a festival of new American theater pieces and an exciting opportunity see Shakespeare’s rarely staged Timon…

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