by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2014 | Stage
Both of Chester Theatre Company’s first two summer productions pose a geographic puzzle. The first one, Madagascar, takes place mostly in Rome. The second, Annapurna, which opens this week, is set within sight of a mountain peak, but in Colorado, not Nepal....
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2014 | Stage
“The coffee is usually on by 9:30, and the Clybourne Park rehearsal starts at 10,” explained Sam Rush when I asked him what time I should arrive. “But that’s the morning the kids’ show opens, so they’ll be doing last-minute things...
by James Heflin | 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...
by Chris Rohmann | 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...
by Chris Rohmann | 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...
