Performances 8/10/12-8/25/12 at Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, http://www.happymediumtheatre.com/?cat=41
photo credit: Happy Medium Theatre Company
Jul
08
ANNOUNCEMENT: Happy Medium Theatre to present Romeo & Juliet
Yearly Archives: 2012
Jul
03
THE NEW ENGLAND THEATRE GEEK IS MUTATING…
Jul
02
“Polaroid Stories” Messily Blends Myth and Teen Anguish
Kiki Samko, Luke Murtha, Michael Underhill, Elizabeth Battey, and Michael Caminiti, photo credit: Heart & Dagger Productions
Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka, Heart & Dagger Productions, Boston Actors’ Theatre, and Happy Medium Theatre**, Black Box Theatre at Boston Center for the Arts, 6/29/12-7/14/12, http://www.heartanddagger.org/.
**THIS REVIEW WAS SCHEDULED PRIOR TO THE CHANGES IN OUR REVIEWING POLICY AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE THAT HAPPY MEDIUM THEATRE COMPANY WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED
Reviewed by Gillian Daniels
(Boston, MA) With mixed success, Polaroid Stories attempts an abstract production that marries mythology and youth drug culture. It’s a uneasy union. The actors, at least, mine the material to the best of their abilities. Continue reading
Jun
29
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2010: Our Hideous Future
2010: Our Hideous Future Tour, book by Carl Danielson, music and lyrics by Andy Hicks, http://www.2010tour.net.
This summer Unreliable Narrator in association with the Pluto Tapes
presents a tour of 2010: Our Hideous Future: The Musical!, an original cyberpunk musical comedy. Tickets for all shows are available for $10 are available through http://www.2010tour.net.
Dates are as follows:
Wed., July 11: 95 Empire in Providence, RI
Sat., July 21: Griffen Theatre in Salem, MA
Fri. and Sat., Aug. 3 and 4: Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY Continue reading
Jun
29
Hovey Players Presents the Annual “Hovey Summer Shorts” Festival
Hovey Players of Waltham (http://hoveyplayers.com) is proud to bring back “Hovey Summer Shorts” opening Friday, July 13. Hovey began this festival 16 years ago when it featured 10-minute “shorts”. Through the years, the festival evolved, incorporating short musicals, musical acts, short films, full one-act plays, and displayed works by local artists. This year’s festival features the “shorts” format featuring ten 10-minute plays by ten local playwrights. The festival is produced by Michael Haddad, a Hovey Board Member and Trustee. Continue reading
Jun
28
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS:
Due to changes that are happening, the primary email address for THE NEW ENGLAND THEATRE GEEK blog has been changed to: blognetheatregeek<at>gmail.com.
Please make a note of it in your contact lists.
Jun
28
Addendum To Our Reviewing Policy
Some of our reviewers are active theatre people. If they are involved with a certain show and/or a specific company we will not review that show and/or company-if it’s a long-time engagement. We will, however, be happy to write previews, features, or post announcements about the shows. (6/28/12)
Jun
25
ADHD NPR – CAR TALK: THE MUSICAL
The cast in a scene from Underground Railway Theater’s and Suffolk University’s co-production of Car Talk: The Musical!!! running from June 14 – August 12 at Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. Tickets & Information: 866.811.4111 or CentralSquareTheater.org. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography.
Car Talk: The Musical, book and lyrics Wesley Savick, original music by Michael Wartofsky, Underground Railway Theater & Suffolk University, Central Square Theater, 6/14/12-8/12/12, http://www.centralsquaretheater.org.
Reviewed by Craig Idlebrook
Charisma can carry a show a long way. Just look at what it did for Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a pair of goofball (and genius) brother-mechanics who talked their way into a hit show on National Public Radio. For 35 years, the pair has giggled their way through thousands of calls from car owners with mystery questions, strewing terrible puns and corny humor on the road as they went.
And now, on the eve of the brothers’ retirement from “Car Talk”, they have gotten themselves involved in a musical, written by Wesley Savick, with music by Michael Wartofsky. Continue reading
Jun
22
No Room For Wishing Workshop Performance
No Room for Wishing by Danny Bryck, 6/29/12 at 8pm, Central Square Theatre, http://www.facebook.com/events/245151495599844/.
Check out my podcast with Danny Bryck!
“NO ROOM FOR WISHING is a one-man documentary play about Occupy Boston. Using only the exact words of people involved in the Occupy movement, the show pieces together the voices and experiences of various individuals into the larger story of the Occupy movement in Boston and as a whole.” (copy from event description)
Jun
22
It’s Cabaret Series Time Again!
Get Ready, A Cabaret, The Cabaret Series, 6/25/12 at 7:30pm at Central Square Theatre, http://www.facebook.com/events/168039596660963/.
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“Spring: Time to renew and reenergize, but it’s also a time for change. GET READY to enjoy this whimsical look at life’s twists and turns with the cast of the Cabaret Series as they shake off winter hibernation and gear up for the joys and challenges of spring renewal.Directed By:
Megan Sandberg-Zakian Featuring: To Purchase Tickets: (copy from event announcement)
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