Musical (1990)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez
Select Choreography by Ilyse Robbins
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
September 15 – October 15, 2023
An excellent rendition of the very weird musical about a passel of assassins of American political figures.
Musicals
Glory
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
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
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, 2023An 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
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.