Musicals

Musical (2010)
Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Conceived by James Lapine
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
January 15 – February 21, 2016
An exquisitely good film-enhanced musical production exhibiting the work and life of one of musical theater’s greatest lyricists and composers.

Musical (1997)
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by Brian Crawley
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 9 – February 6, 2016
A lively and very well produced musical about a young woman on a bus journey through the South in 1964 to visit a faith healer.

Musical (2015)
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Dave Malloy
Adapted from War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
American Repertory Theater
Cambridge, MA
December 6, 2015 – January 3, 2016
A wild, woolly, fun ride through the existential landscapes of Tolstoy’s War and Peace: operatic, rockified and rollicking.

Musical (2013)
Book by Doug McGrath
Words and Music by
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
The Boston Opera House
Washington Street, Boston
Through November 15, 2015
An entertaining and well-staged account of the early life and career of the singer/songwriter.