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Lonely hearts night

The Magnetic Fields at Somerville Theatre, February 14, 2008
Merritt had a tummy ache from dinner at Porter Exchange. (“So don’t fuck with me,” he warned.)

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | February 19, 2008

Primary colors

It’s the political season on area stages
Now that the holiday hubbub is behind us, we have no dreams of white Christmases or visions of Sugar Plum Fairies to warm a theatergoer’s heart.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | December 26, 2007

Electric Warriors Glamstravaganza at Great Scott, Decemebr 8, 2007
Billing a show as a “Glamstravaganza” sets up some specific expectations: glitter, light shows, epic anthems, stylish sleaze, full-length knitted body stockings, more glitter.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | December 10, 2007

Cheerleaders of the pack

The Go! Team, Paradise, October 25, 2007
There’s one thing the Go! Team’s cheerleading frontwoman, Ninja, does not like to do: walk.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | October 30, 2007

Bye-bye blarney

Brendan introduces the American Ronan Noone
Ronan Noone is flummoxed.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | October 01, 2007

El Triunfo

A real winner
The more high-end restaurants that open in a concentrated area, the harder it becomes to find a decent meal that doesn’t break the bank.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | June 06, 2007

Hot Tomatoes

Some like it hot
Since they opened in March, the crew at Hot Tomatoes has been going through cases — yes, cases — of tomatoes every day.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | May 23, 2007

Endurance act

Backstage at the Boston Theater Marathon
Playwright Janet Kenney was wearing a tiara and serving as a kind of royal den mother when I checked in at the Calderwood Pavilion Sunday for the Boston Theater Marathon.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | May 22, 2007

My Diner

Yours, mine, and ours
Telling anyone about My Diner is bound to trigger a round of Abbott and Costello–like jousting.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | April 25, 2007

Close quarters

The Theater Offensive’s Surviving the Nian ; Devanaughn’s [sic]
Surviving the Nian is a love story, a cultural study, and a sprawling musical in the tradition of a home-for-the-holidays play — sort of.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | April 24, 2007

Games people play

The Conquest of the South Pole; Memory House
They’ve lost their jobs, and pinball and schnapps aren’t cutting it as amusement any longer.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | April 03, 2007

Demeter’s daughter

Noah Haidle keeps mum about Persephone
This preview was almost never written.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | March 28, 2007

Coming up Daisey

Invincible Summer and Monopoly! head for Cambridge
Mike Daisey has a blog. But unlike millions, Daisey also has an archive that goes back to 2001.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | March 21, 2007

It’s a man’s world

Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s all-male Titus Andronicus
It’s hardly Shakespeare’s most frequently produced work, but in the Bard’s early career, Titus Andronicus was one of his most popular plays.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | March 13, 2007

Spring stages

From hoofers to Mormons and more
As we recover from turning the clocks ahead and making our day’s journey into night a bit longer, area stages are taking a cue from Mother Nature.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | March 13, 2007

Pawns in a plot of horror

Leslie Epstein's King of the Je ws on stage
When Leslie Epstein’s novel King of the Jews was published in 1979, it was hailed as ambitious by all and deemed controversial by many.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | February 27, 2007

Sweet Tooth Boston’s Mom’s Cinnamon Bun

A twister blows in
Spirals are the shape of marvel.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | February 21, 2007

Grace notes

Sacred Hearts , States of Grace
Among the shows that open each season, a few stand out like a pair of stiletto heels spotted in a swarm of rubber-soled footwear.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | January 30, 2007

A winter’s tale

The season ahead on area stages
Even as the family drama of your holiday comes to a close, there’s no need to don a kerchief and settle in for a long winter’s nap.

By: LIZA WEISSTUCH | December 28, 2006