Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
‘The Sleeping Beauty’ — Choreography by Marius Petipa, with additional choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton. Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Set and Costumes by David Walker. Staging by Ninette de Valois. Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker. With the Boston Ballet Orchestra conducted by Mischa Santora. Presented by Boston Ballet at Citizens Opera House, 539 Washington…
Minna Lee has written a play that is both joyfully theatrical and frighteningly realistic. My Home on the Moon skillfully straddles the world that we know and the world that is coming.
Ain’t Too Proud has the missing ingredient most Jukebox Musicals lack: a book worthy of the artists being portrayed, even if the story plays a bit loose with facts and timelines to move things along.
With Umbrella Stage Company’s recent bang-up production, it once again proved that, despite being almost four decades old, ‘Hairspray’ will never lose its staying power for one very important reason — it is FUN.
