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Glory

June 25, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Michael Sweerts Portrait of a Girl 1660

Musical (2023)
by David Reiffel

Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
Boston New Works Festival 2023
Moonbox Productions
June 22-25, 2023

An act of loving attention and a seeming miracle give rise to a Christian Evangelical frenzy.

Evita

June 15, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Eva Peron as a young woman

Musical (1978)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Directed by Sammi Cannold
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
May 17- July 30, 2023

A beautifully sung and choreographed revival of the 1978 musical about Eva Perón, the celebrated first lady of Argentina (1946-1952).

Preludes

January 25, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Three

Musical (2015)
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square Area, Boston
January 6 – February 5, 2023
An interesting, semi-historical, psychologically-oriented exploration of a difficult period in the great nineteenth century Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff’s life and career.

Little Women: The Broadway Musical

December 9, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Alcott

Musical (2001)
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
Musical Direction by Matthew Stern

A radiant production of a nicely written musical based on the famous book about four sisters from Concord, Massachusetts, set during the Civil War, superbly directed and choreographed.

1776

June 24, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

1776, Cast

Musical (1969)
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards
Book by Peter Stone
Directed by Jeffrey L. Page, Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
May 17 – July 24, 2022

An energetic and spirited production – with a cast of women, trans, and non-binary actors – of the 1969 musical about the drama leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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