Musical (1977)
From the book by Studs Terkel
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
Music Direction by
Jonathan Goldberg
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
January 3 – February 1, 2014
An unexpectedly lively show with no plot, but with a lot of short, entertaining profiles about people working in all sorts of different contexts.
Musicals
Pacific Overtures
Musical (1976)
Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Stage Direction by Jim Petosa
Music Direction by Matthew Stern
Boston University College of
Fine Arts
School of Theatre
Boston Center for the Arts
12/13 – 12/19/2013
An imaginatively staged version of the rarely performed Sondheim musical about the opening of Japan to the West in the mid-nineteenth century.
Camelot
Musical (1960)
Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Directed and choreographed by Russell Garrett
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
November 23 – December 22, 2013
A lively, beautifully acted and sung, rendition of the musical (now over 50 years old) about King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot, knightly glories and benighted destinies.
The Jungle Book
Musical (2013)
Based on the Disney animated film
and the stories of Rudyard Kipling
Book and direction
by Mary Zimmerman
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theatre
Symphony Hall Area, Boston, MA
September 7 –
October 20, 2013
A superbly directed, choreographed and designed musical based on Rudyard Kipling’s work, and on the Disney film of the same name. Inventive and exuberant.
One Man, Two Guvnors
Play (2011)
by Richard Bean
based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square, Boston
September 6 – October 12, 2013
A British takeoff on the farcical eighteenth century commedia dell’arte masterpiece by Carlo Goldoni, The Servant of Two Masters. The plot is very similar, with a touch or two of additional Shakespearean turns. Some of the most hilarious comedy of the evening comes from deft apparent ad libbing by the astute servant (played by Neil A. Casey) interacting with the audience.