Month: March 2025

You Don’t Have To Be Irish To Love GBSC’s ‘The Irish And How They Got That Way’

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The cast of GBSC’s ‘The Irish And How They Got That Way’

Greater Boston Stage Company presents ‘The Irish And How They Got That Way’ by Frank McCourt. Original Music Arrangements by Rusty Magee. Directed by A. Nora Long. Music Director Kirsten Salpini. Scenic Design by Jeremy Barnett. Lighting Design by Amanda Fallon. Costume Design by Emily Woods Hogue. Sound Design by John Stone. At Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA, through March 16, 2025.

By Linda Chin

Like the iconic (and remarkably inclusive for the 1960s & 70s) ad campaign that New Yorkers of a certain vintage will fondly recall – featuring photo portraits of a young African American boy, Chinese man, Italian nonna, Native American elder, White (Irish?) cop, enjoying sandwiches with Levy’s Real Jewish Rye – you don’t have to be Irish to love the Greater Boston Stage Company’s production of The Irish and How They Got That Way.”

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Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s ‘Recursion Of A Moth’ Flutters Listlessly

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Jenny S. Lee in Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s ‘Recursion Of A Moth’
Photo Credit: Scornavacca Photography

‘Recursion Of A Moth’ – Written by Brandon Zang. Directed by Katie Brook. Sound Design by Audrey Dube; Lighting Design by Grant Powicki; Scenic Design by Cleo Brooks; Costume Design by Cleo Needleham; Produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, ‘Recursion Of A Moth’ runs from February 27st – March 9th at 949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215. 

By Charlotte Snow 

The audience walks into the house, filled with incongruous electronic audio, to find a blank stage except for a leather chair adorned with notebooks, two podiums pushed upstage, and a constantly looming giant white semi-circle screen at the center. It’s a disarming and almost chilling effect that promises its audience a unique and singular theatrical experience.  

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SpeakEasy’s ‘A Man of No Importance’ Is Must-See, Feel-Good Theater at Its Absolute Finest

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Eddie Shields and Will McGarrahan in Speakeasy’s ‘A Man of No Importance’
Photos by Nile Scott Studios

‘A Man of No Importance’ – Based on the film, ‘A Man of No Importance.’ Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Book by Terrence McNally; Directed by Paul Daigneault. Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins. Music Direction by Paul S. Katz. Scenic Design by Jenna McFarland Lord. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company. At the Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, through March 22.

By Shelley A. Sackett

There is so much to praise about SpeakEasy Stage Company’s ‘A Man of No Importance,’ director Paul Daigneault’s swansong production after leading the company he founded for 33 years, it’s hard to know where to begin.

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