by Ella Longpre | Jul 9, 2008 | Stage
Pregnant with connotations of Johnny Depp and stacks of illegally copied CDs, the word "pirate" lurks in the blogosphere and on our televisions. But rarely does one get to observe live-action swashbuckling. Enter The Mad Pirate and the Mermaid, in which an...
by Levon Kinney | Jul 10, 2008 | Stage
There’s a new circus in town. Circus Smirkus brings together talented children ages 14 to 19 from around the world. Audiences are treated to a dazzling array of acrobatics, juggling and madcap antics, with hilarious lessons in science, math, history and...
by Sam Kimball | Jul 23, 2008 | Stage
After 15 years apart, Ray and Una meet again. So begins David Harrowers' Olivier Award-winning play, Blackbird, the latest production by the Chester Theatre Company. Their relationship would have been unremarkable had Una not been 12 and Ray 40 at the time of...
by Sam Kimball | Jul 23, 2008 | Stage
John Hodgman has a secret. Fortunately, he isn’t very good at keeping it. This week, the comedian and writer performs a “completely secret” show at the Rendezvous in Turners Falls. Audiences may readily recognize him as the disgruntled PC in a recent...
by Andrew Varnon | Aug 7, 2008 | Stage
"It's really like the circus coming to town," says Steven Maler, artistic director of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. To mount a three-night engagement of As You Like It in Forest Park Aug. 8-10, Maler's troupe will head west from Boston with...
