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Sadism at the YMCA: Bad Habit’s “Quills”

Thumbnail image for Sadism at the YMCA: Bad Habit’s “Quills” by Victoria Petrosino August 3, 2010

Victoria Petrosino takes in some libertinism, courtesy of Bad Habit Productions.

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Harold Pinter’s Twisted Love Story: Another Country’s “Betrayal”

Another Country Productions Betrayal by Bryce Lambert June 1, 2010

Bryce Lambert reviews a local fringe production of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal.”

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Hollywood in Split Screen: The Longwood Players’ “City of Angels”

Thumbnail image for Hollywood in Split Screen: The Longwood Players’ “City of Angels” by Victoria Petrosino April 26, 2010

Victoria Petrosino reviews The Longwood Players’ production of “City of Angels,” a Hollywood noir musical.

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Punk Fairy Tales: “Le Cabaret Grimm”

Thumbnail image for Punk Fairy Tales: “Le Cabaret Grimm” by Bryce Lambert April 23, 2010

Bryce Lambert hits up a punk fairy tale cabaret.

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Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom”

Thumbnail image for Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom” by Deborah Finkelstein March 3, 2010

Deborah Finkelstein reviews Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom.” A new play on suburbia, video games, wormholes, and zombies.

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Watching “Dracula”

Thumbnail image for Watching “Dracula” by Trent England February 21, 2010

I generally do not like adaptations of any kind, book-to-movie or movie-to-theater to name only two (the list could go on for another paragraph), but Dracula is different. The Bram Stoker novel is a collection of letters and diary entries. Its power is in the effect it has on the reader, the ambiguity of the [...]

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In on Fringe: Whistler in the Dark’s In On It

Thumbnail image for In on Fringe: Whistler in the Dark’s <em>In On It</em> by Bryce Lambert November 23, 2009

Whistler in the Dark‘s In On It is a sparkly little fringe gem if your tastes (or wallets) don’t lean towards the current holiday shows of the larger Boston companies. Actually, it’s worthwhile either way. Tidily produced in the intimate Factory Theatre, Daniel MacIvor‘s two-man-show, starring Joe Lanza and Scott Sweatt and directed by Meg [...]

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Pass the Salt Please: John Kuntz’s The Salt Girl

Thumbnail image for Pass the Salt Please: John Kuntz’s <em>The Salt Girl</em> by Bryce Lambert November 6, 2009

It was John Kuntz’s performance that kept me from leaving the Central Square Theater’s recent production of Pinter’s The Caretaker during the second intermission. He’s a great actor with a natural grasp of the rhythms of language and capable of deep, deep characterization that can entrance our emotions equally as well as it can push [...]

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BU’s 13th Annual Fringe Festival

by Bryce Lambert October 9, 2009
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BU’s Fringe Fest begins tonight, with shows running until November 1st. On the program is Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan, a one act opera based on Antigone, another opera called Lucrezia, and a free event called ‘Recital Meets Theater.’ Other than the recital, all tickets are only $7 and there are no fees for [...]