So right off the bat, if you’re going to world-premier a musical about Neil Diamond, using Neil Diamond’s songs, Boston is absolutely the place to do it. Before the doors even opened the entire theater was buzzing, truly excited…
Category: Live Theater
Hadestown – Citizens Bank Opera House – November 11, 2021
We’ve come a long way at the Opera House from 2017 when I was threatened with expulsion from the theater for taking a picture of the stage during intermission. Not quite two months ago I made my journey back to…
The Treasurer – Lyric Stage Company – March 2020
So I’ve avoided writing about this show. Not because I didn’t like it. I did. I liked it a lot. The Lyric Stage Company is quickly becoming one of my favorite theaters to frequent in Boston. It’s an intimate venue…
Little Shop of Horrors – Lyric Stage Company – September 2019
I saw this in September but only decided to write about it now. I’ll explain why in a bit.* The only time I ever saw Little Shop on stage was back in the mid-1990s when a friend’s nephew played…