First A Dancer

First A Dancer

by | Jul 23, 2014 | Stage

When Rythea Lee steps onto a stage, her remarkable calm is striking, even inviting. She looks right at the audience, and seems untroubled by a flock of expectant faces. She often performs in crowded living rooms, where she can look audience members in the eye, up...
Stagestruck: Anne and Julius

Stagestruck: Anne and Julius

by | Jul 23, 2014 | Stage

I generally don’t do best-of lists, but halfway through the summer season I can point to one show that, in this critic’s book, is the pick of the lot so far. Shakespeare’s Will, at Shakespeare & Company, is a fanciful reconsideration of the Swan...
Topical and Timeless

Topical and Timeless

by | Jul 30, 2014 | Stage

Silverthorne Theater Company, the newest entry on the Valley summer theater circuit, is starting small, but plans to grow incrementally and become fully professional within five years. The upstart troupe, based at Northfield Mount Hermon School, continues its...
Yours, Mine, Ours

Yours, Mine, Ours

by | Jul 2, 2014 | News

It’s a scenario every New Englander is familiar with, either through personal experience or regional lore: the sacrosanct set of laws governing parking on Boston streets after a winter snowstorm. You shovel out a spot and it’s yours for the parking, a...

From Our Readers

by | Jul 30, 2014 | News

Casinos: A Many-Sided Issue Thank you for your coverage questioning the wisdom of casino gaming in Massachusetts. It has now been one year since Springfield’s host community vote (July 16, 2013). We are still very upset about the way it was conducted. MGM and...