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*(Greater Boston Stage Company’s ‘Onegin’)*

By Michele Markarian

“Onegin” – Based on the poem by Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky. Written by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille. Directed by Weylin Symes; Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins; Music Direction by Steve Bass; Scenic Design by Katy Monthei; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg;Costume Design by Deirdre Gerrard; Sound Design by John Stone. Presented by Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham through March 31.

“Do you see someone worth dying for?” asked Vladimir Lensky (a winsome Michael Jennings Mahoney) to a random woman in the audience. She thought a moment. “You!” she said softly. He looked momentarily taken aback, but recovered enough to thank her and keep the scene moving. Such is the spirit of “Onegin”, a randy, insouciant and utterly captivating musical rendering of Pushkin’s tragic novel in verse, “Eugene Onegin”. For anyone, and that means everyone, who’s ever loved and lost, this show is a must-see.

by Michele Markarian

“Alligator Road” – Written by Camille Kimball. Directed by Weylin Symes. Presented by Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through October 29.

Recently widowed Kathy (Brianne Beatrice) is stuck with a hardware store she doesn’t want to run. Her feminist daughter, the angry Candace (Sarah Bendell) has just learned that her mother is literally giving away the store to Lavinia (Victoria George), a black woman Kathy perceives to be homeless. This is in order to make what she feels are “reparations”, despite never having slave owners in her family tree. Candace wants the store, Lavinia and her husband Scott (Avery Bargar) want the store, and Kathy just wants to be free from a life and a marriage she was long bored with. The stakes are high all around, which makes for interesting drama.

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Love is Everything in “Onegin”

A Daughter Forsaken in “Alligator Road”