Musical, Play (2002)
by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
February 21 – March 22, 2025
A superb account of a bus conductor in Dublin who raises up a production of Oscar Wilde’s Salome and a lot of intense emotion along the way.
Musicals
Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Musical, Play (2014)
by Lanie Robertson
Music Arrangement by Danny Holgate
Directed by Candice Handy
Merrimack Repertory Theater
Lowell, MA
February 5-23, 2025
A beautifully done, moving account of the life of jazz great Billie Holiday told through narrative and song.
A Little Night Music
Musical (1973)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night
Ogunquit Playhouse
Ogunquit, ME
July 18 – August 17, 2024
A nice revival of the great Sondheim musical about misaligned love.
The Queen of Versailles
Musical (2024)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Emerson Colonial Theater
Theater District, Boston
August 1-25, 2024
A musical based on a documentary film about a woman from humble beginnings who marries a real estate magnate and her dream of building a Versailles-like palace in Orlando, Florida.
Guys and Dolls
Musical (1950)
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling
Directed and Choreographed by Ceit Zwell
Music directed by Dan Rodriguez
Greater Boston Stage Company
Stoneham, MA
June 7-30, 2024
A beautifully and intimately staged version of the classic about love in the world of gamblers and moral reformers.