Vacationland Theater Company's riotous opener
The wickedly dark, clever, and all-deprecating satire Urinetown receives a sonorous production by the newly formed Vacationland Theater Company, in Sanford, directed by Hunter F. Roberts.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | August 20, 2008

Dysfunction junctions

Spelling Bee in Beverly; The Goatwoman in Lenox
“Have you ever been in a gymnasium in the round before?” asks one of the participants toward the top of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at North Shore Music Theatre.
By CAROLYN CLAY | August 20, 2008

To the Max

The Producers at Theatre by the Sea
The show’s success has to do with more than the Mel Brooks classic being a familiar crowd pleaser.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | August 13, 2008

High society

2nd Story’s hilarious Belle’s Stratagem
The current 2nd Story Theatre production — with slit-eyed coaching from the playwright — manages to make the message as familiar as yesterday.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | August 13, 2008

All in the family(1)

Lives and cultures clash in Lanyard premiere
“Home” isn’t necessarily a discrete, concrete place.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | August 12, 2008

Teen scenes

Giving love a bad name in the park
The show fills this summer’s void of outdoor theater with a light and gleeful touch.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | August 05, 2008

Vintage mirth and vintage laughter

Hay Fever at the Publick; A Flea in Her Ear in Williamstown
Coward is said to have written the play in three days, in the wake of a nerve-racking weekend at the country home of American actress Laurette Taylor and her British-playwright husband.
By CAROLYN CLAY | August 04, 2008

Fresh fare

Smart work from the Brown/Trinity Rep Playwrights Repertory Theatre
For the fourth consecutive summer, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre has been showcasing new work by emerging playwrights.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 30, 2008

Power playing

Theater by the Sea’s Evita
Theatre by the Sea is staging a slick rendition of Evita that gets across much of the power of the personalities and social forces involved.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 23, 2008

Royal fun

Colonial’s rousing As You Like It
As You Like It accomplishes what every production of a Shakespeare comedy tries to do.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 22, 2008

Smart women, tough choices

All’s Well in Lenox, Going to St. Ives via Gloucester
Welcome back to the director’s chair, Tina Packer.
By CAROLYN CLAY | July 22, 2008

Clothes call

A fully entertaining Monty
The musical version of The Full Monty comes across as bawdy and hilarious as intended in this version by Center Stage Productions.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 16, 2008

Mamma Mia!

Passable, frothy fun
The Abba musical, helmed by stage director Phyllida Lloyd, sails to a real Greek island with its fairy-tale aura intact.
By BETSY SHERMAN | July 16, 2008

Killing grounds

The Seagull flies at the Publick; Company One knocks off Assassins
Chekhov wrote to a friend while composing The Seagull , first of his Big Four, that he was writing a “comedy with three female parts, six male parts, four acts, a landscape (a view of the lake), much talk about literature, and five tons of love.”
By CAROLYN CLAY | July 15, 2008

Poli-sci

Jimmy Tingle runs again
Comedian Jimmy Tingle is on the stump.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | July 15, 2008

Intimacy issues

Perennials et al. at P.A.'s, July 10, 2008
Singer John Flax’s stage presence could have worked an audience 10 times as big; it was a shame to think their wick has only three weeks to burn.
By MEGAN V. BELL | July 15, 2008

Slideshow: Boston's drag kings

Drag kings are all over the place in Boston.

By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 25, 2008

Socks appeal

Drag kings flip the script on gender impersonation. We go undercover to get to the meat of the matter.
Rico swaggers down the aisle of the Art House Theatre in Provincetown, oozing confidence and brazenly flirting with the cheering women who’ve claimed every available seat for the sold-out show.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 09, 2008

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