Musical (1944)
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square, Boston, MA
May 10 – June 8, 2013
The classic early Bernstein-Robbins-Comden-Green World War II musical about three sailors on a 24 hour leave in New York City, done with energy and style.
Plays
Amadeus
Play (1979)
by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Jim Petosa
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
April 28 – May 26, 2013
An engaging account of the drama about Mozart and his fellow composer and jealous nemesis, Antonio Salieri, depicted with sardonic abandon by noted Boston actor, director and impresario Benjamin Evett.
In The Heights
Musical (2005)
Music and lyrics by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
May 10 – June 16, 2013
A lively and engaging rendition of the Tony winning Broadway musical about Washington Heights, a dominantly Hispanic neighborhood in northern Manhattan.
Pericles
Play (1608)
by William Shakespeare
(and George Wilkins?)
Directed by Allyn Burrows
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Modern Theatre
at Suffolk University
Boston, MA
April 17 – May 12, 2013
An energetic account of the little performed Shakespearean et al collaboration, the subject of which is a different Pericles than the famous 5th century Athenian one.
Ryan Landry’s “M”
Play
by Ryan Landry
Inspired by the film by Fritz Lang
Directed by Caitlin Lowens
Huntington Theatre Company
Calderwood Pavilion
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
March 29 – April 27, 2013
A comedic takeoff off on Fritz Lang’s classic film with lots of self-referential talk about plays, characters and authors.