1978 musical a 2012 hit

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Signature, where the 1978 country-rock musical is currently kicking up its heels, likes to “re-discover” American musicals. And what a re-discovery! . . . Read More

New & Noteworthy, updated August 2, 2012

berkshire summer sum-up

Berkshire Summer 2012 - a sumup of the Theater season and its producers. . .

New England review Satchmoat the Waldorf

Summer 2012 Reviews and Features
Satchmo at the Waldorf - Drama critic Terry Teachout's solo play remains "unfrozen" during its Shakespeare & Co run though John Doughlas Thompas has already found ways to compensate for the absence of other cast members in this solo stage memoir. . . . Read More

3 little gems from Horton Foote

Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Foote - Primary Stages is continuing its laudable association with the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and his talented daughters, beginning with three one act “trunk” plays from Papa Foote’s impressive canon. . . . Read More

Currently at Berkshire Theaters

See How They Run - Barrington Stage's leave-them-laughing Main Stage finale for Summer 2012, is sublimely silly, superbly timed and performed . . . Read More



Homestead Crossing - In her opening night welcoming speech the artistic director suggested that since this is a co-production with three other theater companies, viewers might want to see it again and again. Despite good dialogue and acting, this Albee-ish "real yet unreal comedy is hardly new and memorable enough to visit again and again . . . Read More

A Magical revival

Into The Woods - How great that we are invited quite literally into the woods, as spectacularly conceived by co-designers John Lee Beatty and Soutra Gilmour. There we experience all the things that the Brothers Grimm didn’t tell us about Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and those ever-so charming princes. . . . Read More

Nw historical drams in the Berkshires

Edith -It's a love story. It's a political drama. It's a flavorful slice of American history. It's an acting tour-de-force for Jayne Atkinson . . . Read More

Brian Friel at London's Donmar Warehouse

Philadelphia Here I Come! - Brian Friel’s wonderful 1964 play gets a perfect production at the Donmar Warehouse wotj Lyndsey Turner directing . . . Read More

a play title with multiple meanings

Running - while Arlene Hutton's play is aptly named, the literal meaning of that title is only part of what this two-hander is about. . . . Read More

Cheers for these cheerleaders

Bring It On: The Musical - If the principal goal of this musical was to have a young and awesomely talented company Bring It On, then they have done it in spectacular fashion. . . . Read More