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Boston's Best of 2001-02 overview of Boston's 2001 theatrical
year.
Boston's Best of 2000-01 overview of Boston's 2000 theatrical
year.
Boston's Best of 1997 overview of Boston's 1997 theatrical
year.
Boston's Best of 1996 overview of the Hub's 1996 heatrical
year.
Boston's Best of 1995 the first AisleSay overview, of the
Hub's theatrical year 1995.
Boston Theatre Marathon directed by Kate Snodgrass; Boston
U Playwright's Theatre, Boston--1999
42nd
Street musical comedy at The Reagle Players, Waltham 6/98
All's Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare, directed
by Normi Noel, Bare Bard Series, Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 7/98
An American Daughter by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Melinda
Lopez; at SpeakEasy Stage, Boston Center for the Arts, 1998
American Buffalo By David Mamet, directed by Rick Lombardo,
New Repertory Theatre, Newton MA. 3/97
Angels In America, Part I By Tony Kushner, directed by Oscar
Eustace; Trinity Rep, Providence RI 1996
Annie By Meehan, Charnin, and Strouse; at The Reagle Players,
Waltham 1996
AnotherPart of the Forest by Lillian Hellman, directed by
Ron Ritchell; Lyric Stage West, Mass Bay College, Wellesley, MA
. 2001
Anything Goes by Cole Porter, (reviewed with Evita) directed
by Robert Eagle and Eileen Grace; Reagle Players, Waltham, 2001
Anything Goes by Cole Porter, directed by Chris Cardoni; Turtle
Lane Theatre, Newton. 1997
Arcadia
By Tom Stoppard; at The Huntington Theatre, Boston 10-96
Assassins
Sondheim musical comedy directed by Spiro Veludos at The Lyric
Stage, Boston 1998
Asylum,
Asylum by directed by Carmel O'Reilly, Irish Drama at Sugan
Theatre 1998
At
the Black Pig's Dyke by Vincent Woods, directed by Carmel
O'Reilly, Sugan Theatre 1999
The
Baccae By Euripides, directed by Francois Rochaix; at The
American Repertory Theatre. 1997
The
Bay at Nice By David Hare, Directed by Ted Kasanoff, Equity
member Project at the Beau Jest Theatre, Boston. 1998
The
Beast on the Moon Armenian drama at The New Rep, Newton, 1998
The
Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonaugh, directed by Eric
Engel, Sugan Theatre 2000
Bee
Luther Hatchee By Thomas Gibbons, directed by David Miller;
Zeitgeist Theatre, 10/5/02
The
Big Slam By Bill Corbett, directed by Rick Lombardo; New Repertory
Theatre, Newton, 1997
Blues
for An Alabama Sky By Pearl Cleage; directed by Kenny Leon;
at The Huntington Theatre, Boston 1997
Boston
Marriage By David Mamet; directed by David Mamet; at The American
Reperatory Theatre, Hasty Pudding Stage, Boston 1999.
Brigadoon
Musical by Lerner & Loewe; directed by Robert Eagle;
Reagle Players, Waltham 1997
Blue
Window By Craig Lucas, New Repertory Theatre, Newton MA. 1995
Boy
x Man By Ed Bullins; at Centastage, BCA, 1996
Candida
By G.B. Shaw; directed by Polly Hogan; at The Lyric Stage, Boston
1996
Captains
Courageous musical; Newton Country Players, Newton. 2001
Carnival
directed by Laura Chase; Turtle Lane Theatre, Newton. 1997
A
Child's Christmas in Wales By Dylan Thomas; directed by Polly
Hogan; at The Lyric Stage West, Wellesley, MA 2000.
A
Chorus Line musical comedy at Turtle Lane Playhouse, Newton,
1998
A Chorus Line at Reagle Players, Waltham 2001.
Collected
Stories by Donald Margulies, starring Annette Miller directed
by Daniela Veron; Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA 2001
Cinderella
By Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein, directed by Jeri Hammond,
music director Jonathan Goldberg, Wheelock Family Theatre, The
Riverway, Jamaica Plain, MA. 1995
Clare
Through the Night By Paul Dervis, directed by Karen Marek,
at Theatre Redux, Cambridge, MA. 1996
Comedy
of Errors By William Shakespeare, Performance Institute, Stables
Theatre, Shakespeare and Co, Lenox 2001
Conversations
on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy, directed by Carmel O'Reilly
at Sugan Theatre, 1998
Coriolanus
By William Shakespeare, directed by Tina Packer, Founders' Theatre,
Shakespeare and Co. Lenox 2000, 2001
Crazy
for You Gershwin Musical, directed by Robert Eagle, Reagle
Players, Waltham , 1996, 1998
Damn
Yankees directed by Chris Cardoni; Turtle Lane Theatre, Newton.
1998
Dancing
At Lughnasa by Brien Freil, directed by Judy Braha; Wellesley
Summer Theatre,1999
Dealer's Choice By Patrick Marber; at The Hovey Players, Waltham,
MA 2001.
Death
and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, directed by Todd Olsen;
Todd’s Hammer at The BCA, 1998
Death
of a Salesman By Arthur Miller, directed by Gerald Freedman,
starring Hal Holbrook, at the Colonial Theatre, Boston. 1996
Definitely
Doris By Leo P. Carusone and Patty Carver, Directed by Leo
P. Carusone; At the 57 Theatre, Stuart Street, Boston. 1996
Defying Gravity By Jane Anderson, Merrimac Repertory Theatre,
Lowell, MA 2000.
Diamond
Studs by Jim Wann, Musical, directed by Lora Chase,
Turtle Lane Theatre, Newton. 1996.
Dirty
Blonde By Claudia Shear, Directed by Spiro Veloudos; At the
Lyric Stage, Stuart Street, Boston. 2002.
Edward
II By Christopher Marlowe; directed by Patrick Wang; at Pet
Brick, Boston, 2001.
Ethan
Frome Edith. Wharton, adapted By Dennis Krasnick; at Shakespeare
& Co. Lenox, 1996.
Equus
By Peter Shaffer, Nora Theatre., BCA, Boston 4/96
Evita
by A. Lloyd-Webber, (reviewed below "Anything Goes") Reagle Players,
Waltham, 2001
A
Fair Country By Jon Robin Baitz; at SpeakEasy, Boston Center
For the Arts 5-98
Family
Secrets By Sherry Glasser and Greg Howells, Directed by Greg
Howells, At the Spingold Theatre, Brandeis University, Waltham,
MA; 3/97
Follies
in Concert Musical performance in two acts; Music and lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Goldman; Directed by Spiro
Veloudos; Musical director, Michael Joseph; Choreography, Ilyse
Robbins; Lights, Ellen Moore; Sound, E.L. Copeland; Overture Productions;
11/21/03
The
Food Chain By Nicky Silver; at SpeakEasy, BCA 10-96
Fool
For Love By Sam Shepard, directed by Jeffrey Mousseau: Coyote
Theatre, at the Boston Center for the Arts 4/97
For
Want of a Name By Dean O'Donnell, directed by Kimberly Faris:
Centastage at the Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts.
2-18-96
Forbidden
Broadway Strikes Back Written and Directed by Gerard Alessandrini;
At the Terrace Room Theatre, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston; ongoing
96-97
Fortinbras
By Lee Blessing, directed by John E. O'Brien, New Broadway
Theatre, Somerville, MA. 1996
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by S.
Sondheim at Vokes Theatre, Wayland 1998
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum By S.
Sondheim, Turtle Lane Playhouse, Newton 1998
The
Freedom of the City By Brian Friel; directed by Carmel O'Reilly;
Sugan Theatre, BCA, 1996
A
Gardener In Love comedy by Alan Ayckbourn directed by Polly
Hogan at Lyric West Theatre, Pine Manor, Brookline 1999
Get
Rid of the Roaches By Jacqui Parker, Women on Top Festival,
Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 2000.
The
Gigli Concert By Tom Murphy, directed by Carmel O'Reilly;
Sugan Theatre, Alston, MA 1996
Golda's
Balcony by William Gibson, Shakespeare & Co., Tremont Theatre,
1/8/02
Golf
with Alan Shepard directed by Rick Lombardo; New Repertory
Theatre, Newton--1999
Good
Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet By Ann-Marie MacDonald,
directed by Cecil MacKinnon, Stables Theatre, Shakespeare &
Co, Lenox 7/95
Grief
Encounter By Thespionage, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Arts
Festival, England 8/97
Guys
and Dolls By Frank Loesser , directed by Spiro Veloudos, Publick
Theatre, Boston 8/97
Guys and Dolls By Frank Loesser, directed by Robert Eagle,
Reagle Players,Waltham, 1999
Hair
musical by Galt MacDermot & Jerome Ragni, North Shore Music
Theatre, Beverly 1998
Hamlet
By William Shakespeare, starring Simon Russell Beale, Royal National
Theatre Tour, Wilber Theatre, Boston, 2001.
Having
Our Say by Emily Mann, directed by Lois Roach; New Repertory
Theatre, Newton--1999
Hello,
Dolly! musical comedy By Jerry Herman; directed by Bob Eagle
at The Reagle Players, Waltham 7/98
Henry
the Fourth, Part I By William Shakespeare, directed by Tina
Packer at al. Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 8/97
How
the Other Half Loves By Alan Ayckbourn; directed by Polly
Hogan, at The Lyric Stage, Boston 3/97
How
I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel; American Repertory Theatre,
Cambridge--1998
Iolanthe
Music by Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert, directed by
Larry Carpenter, at the Huntington Theatre, Boston. 1-27-96
The
Imported Bridegroom: the musical by Pamela Berger et
al Boston College 1998
Irma
Vep By Charles Ludlum, directed by Jayme Koszyn at The New
Rep, Newton, 10-96
Into
the Woods By Stephen Sondheim, directed by Spiro Veloudos,
Publick Theatre, Boston 8/96
Jack
and Jill By Jane Martin, directed by Rick Lombardo; New Repertory
Theatre, Newton-- 5/98
Jack
and Jill By Jane Martin; Stables Theatre, Shakespeare and
Co. Lenox, MA-- 1999, 2000.
Jane
Eyre adapted from Charlotte Bronte by Polly Teale, directed
by Nora Hussy; Wellesley Summer Theatre, 2001
Jack
The Ripper, the Whitechapel Musical By Bergman & Di Grazia,
directed by Curt Miller; CentaStage at the Black Box Theatre,
Boston Center for the Arts. 5/97
Kindertransport;
by Diane Samuels, directed by Adam Zahler, New Repertory
Theatre Newton MA , 2000
The
King and I musical by Rogers and Hammerstein, directed
by Paul Farwell; Turtle Lane Theatre, Newton. 2000
King
Lear By William Shakespeare, Company of Women, 1996
King
Richard's Faire Faire Grounds, Carter, MA , 1996
King
Richard's Faire Faire Grounds, Carter, MA , 2000
The
Last Shaker By Michael Downing, directed by Joseph Cambone,
at Triangle Theatre, Berkeley St. Boston. 12-31-95
The
Little Foxes By Lillian Hellman; directed by Ron Ritchell;
at The Lyric Stage West, Wellesley, 2001.
A
Little Night Music by S. Sondheim, directed by Spiro Veloudos,
at The Publick Theatre, Boston 1998
Love!Valour!Compassion!
By Terrence MacNally, SpeakEasy Stage Co., Boston Center
for the Arts 1996
Love's
Labours' Lost By William. Shakespeare, directed by Spiro Veloudos,
Publick Theatre, Boston 7/97
Love's Labours' Lost By William. Shakespeare, Shakespeare
& Co., Mainstage Lenox, 1999.
Like
the Rain One Acts By Tennesee Williams, directed by Jeffrey
Mousseau: Coyote Theatre, at the Boston Center for the Arts. 2-17-96
Macbeth By Wm. Shakespeare, directed
by Tina Packer, Founders Theatre, Shakespeare & Co, Lenox
2002.
Me
and My Girl Musical by Noel Gay, directed by Robert Eagle,
Reagle Players, Waltham , 8-96
Measure for Measure By Wm. Shakespeare,
directed by Tina Packer, Stables Theatre, Shakespeare & Co,
Lenox 8/96
Measure
for Measure By Wm. Shakespeare, directed by Spiro Veloudos,
Publick Theatre, Boston 1999
Mercy
By Laura Harrington directed by Normi Noel and Gary Mitchell,
Stables Theatre, Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 7/96
Mere
Mortals By david Ives, Nora Theatre Co, at Boston Playwright's,
1998
Merry
Wives of Windsor By Wm. Shakespeare, directed by Spiro Veloudos,
Publick Theatre, Boston 7/96
Merry
Wives of Windsor By Wm. Shakespeare, directed by Tina Packer,
Mainstage Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 8/96
Midsummer
Revels By Revels, Inc. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln 6/96
A
Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare, directed by
Steven Maler, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Copley Square
Park, Boston 7/96
A
Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare, directed by
Tony Simotes, Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 7/97
The
Miser Moliere comedy at The Lyric Stage, Boston 1998
The
Mikado By gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Larry Carpenter,
Huntington Theatre,North Shore Music Theatre 1999
Misery
adapted from Steven King by Simon Moore, directed by Doug O'Keefe;
Delvena Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts 4/97
A
Moon For the Misbegotten By Eugene O'Neill; directed by Rick
Lombardo; at The New Rep, Newton, 10-97
Morning's
At Seven comedy By Paul Osborn, directed by Eric Engle at
The Lyric Stage, Boston 1999
Mrs.
Klein By Nicholas White; directed by Rick Lombardo;
at The New Rep, Newton, 4/98
Mrs
Warren's Profession By George Bernard Shaw, at The Lyric Stage,
140 Clarendon St., Boston. 11-26-95
Much
Ado About Nothing By William. Shakespeare, directed by Tina
Packer, Mainstage Theatre, Shakespeare & Co, Lenox 8/95
The
Music Man By Meredith Wilson; Turtle Lane Theatre, Newton
MA, 12-96
My
One and Only by George Gershwin, Reagle Players, Waltham,
2000.
NeWorks
Festival Seven plays by Boston Area Writers, Artistic Director
Rick Des Roches, at the New Theatre, Boston. 2-96
Nobody
Dies On Friday By Robert Brustein, directed by David Wheeler;
at The American Repertory Theatre. 4/98
Oedipus
Rex By Sophocles, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald,
directed by Polly Hogan, at the Lyric Stage Theatre, Boston. 4-96
Of
Thee I Sing By George Gershwin, at The Publick Theatre, 6-14-96
Oklahoma
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Reagle Players, Waltham, 2000.
One
Flea Spare , by Naomi Wallace, directed by David Wheeler,
New Rep Theatre, 2000.
One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Keasey/Dale Wasserman
at Spiral Stage, Dedham 1999
The
Order of Things , by Melinda Lopez, Boston Playwrights' Theatre,
2000.
Orpheus Descending By Tennessee Williams, Directed by Fran
Weinberg, Equity Members Project at the Huntington Studio Theatre,
Boston 7/98
Patience
By Gilbert & Sullivan, directed by Bob Jolly; at The Publick
Theatre, 6/97
Pablo
and Cleopatra by Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, Directed by Rick
Des Roches, at the New Theatre, Boston. 4-96
Paul
Robeson by Phillip Hayes Dean, Directed by Mary Guaraldi;
New Rep Theatre, Newton 1-96
Peter
Pan and Wendy By Elizabeth Eglof, directed by Marcus Stern;
The American Repertory Theatre New Stages at the Hasty Pudding
Theatre. 1/98
Phantom
, by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopet, directed by Paul Farwell at
Turtle Lane Playhouse, 2000.
The
Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry at Vokes Theatre, Wayland
1999
Pictures
At an Exhibition By Michael Bettancourt, directed by Joe
Antoun; Centastage at the Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for
the Arts, 8/98
The
Pirates of Penzance By W.S. Gilbert and A. Sullivan, at The
Publick Theatre, Boston, 2001
The
Pirates of Penzance By W.S. Gilbert and A. Sullivan, at Turtle
Lane Playhouse, Newton, 2001
Porcelain
By Chay Yew, directed by Steve Maler; SpeakEasy Stage Co., Boston
2-98
The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie By Jay Presson Allen, Adapted from
the novel by Muriel Spark, Directed by Susan Kosoff, Wheelock
Family Theatre, The Riverway, Jamaica Plain, MA. 4/97
Private
Eyes by Steven Deitz, Baobab Theatre Co. Somerville, 1999.
Private
Eyes by Steven Deitz directed by Tina Packer, Shakespeare
& Co. Lenox 1998-1999
Proposals
by Neil Simon, Directed by Nancy Curren Willis; Second Stage
at New Rep Theatre, Newton 1999
Prospero's
Magic Island adapted from Shakespeare's The Tempest by Bob
Collona; Pan-Twilight Circus, MA and Rhode Island locations June-August
97
Relatively
Speaking By Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Scott Edmiston, at
the New Rep Theatre, Newton, MA. 3-20-96
Relatively
Speaking By Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Polly hogan, Lyric
Stage West, Mass Bay College, Wellesley, 2000.
Road
By David Earl Jones, directed by Stephen LaBollita; Theatre At
Large, Boston Center for the Arts 9/96
Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead By Tom Stoppard; directed by Rick
Lombardo; at The New Rep, Newton, 1999.
Saturday
Night musical by Stephen Sondheim, The Lyric Stage, Boston
2001.
Say
It With Music 1996 By Irving Berlin; at The Reagle Players,
Waltham 10-96
Say
It With Music 1998 By Irving Berlin; at The Reagle Players,
Waltham 1998
The
Scarlet Letter By Phyllis Ngy; directed by Rick Lombardo;
at The New Rep, Newton, 12-96
She
Loves Me Bock/Harnick musical; directed by Spiro Veloudos;
at The Lyric Stage, Boston 1999.
Speed
The Plow By David Mamet; directed by Spiro Veloudos; at The
Lyric Stage, Boston 10-96
Showboat
By Jerome Kern; at The Reagle Players, Waltham 1999.
The
Sisters Matsumoto By Philip Kan Gotanda; directed by Sharon
Ott, Huntington Theatre, Boston, 1999.
Shirley
Valentine By Willy Russell, Delvina Theatre, Boston Center
for the Arts 7/96
Skylight
By David Hare; directed by Rick Lombardo; at The New Rep, Newton,
1998.
Noises
Off, and The Ghost in the Machine By Michael Frayne, David
Gilman; directed by Tim Kelley; at Spiral Stage, Dedham, MA 1998
Spoon
River Anthology Charles Aidman's 1963 adaptation of the poems
of Edgar Lee Masters, The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, MA 1/96
Stepping
Out By Richard Harris, directed by MaryLee Vitale, at the
Boston Baked Theatre, Somerville, MA. 3-2-96
SubUrbia
By Eric Bososian; directed by Steven Maler; at SpeakEasy, BCA
4-97
St.
Nicholas by Conor McPherson, directed by Carmel O'Reilly,
Irish Drama at Sugan Theatre 1998
Summer
adapted from E. Wharton by D. Krasnick, directed by Tina
Packer, Shakespeare & Co. Lenox 1999.
Sylvia
By A.R. Gurney; at The New Rep, Newton, 1-97
The
Taming of the Shrew By William Shakespeare, directed by Andre
Serban; at The American Repertory Theatre. 2/98
The
Tempest By William Shakespeare, directed by Ron Daniels; at
The American Repertory Theatre. 12/95
A
Toast To The Ladies 2 One Acts: Cafe Society by Ayshe Raife,
and The Donahue Sisters, by Geraldine Aron, Directed by Nora Hussey;QE2
Players, At the Boston Playwrights' Theatre 1-97
Trust Ulstermen drama directed by Carmel O'Reilly,
at Sugan Theatre 2001
Twelfth
Nght By Wm Shakespeare, directed by Rick Lombardo; at The
New Rep, Newton, 1999
Uncle Tom's Cabin Drama Dept performance piece directed by
Jeffrey Mousseau at Coyote, BCA Theatre 2002
Valley
Song By Athol Fugard, directed by Michael Murray; at The New
Rep, Newton, 1-98
Water
Children By Wendy MacLeod, directed by David Sinaiko; Deux
Filles at Beau Jest, Boston,1999.
The
Wharton One Acts Shakespeare & Co. Lenox 1998
The
Wharton One Acts, 2001: An International Incident and The Rembrandt
, H. James, E. Wharton, directed by Normi Noel, Spring Lawn Theatre,
Shakespeare & Co. Lenox 2001
Weldon
Rising By Phyllis Ngy, directed by Steve Maler, by Coyote
Theatre at the Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the
Arts. 4-96
West
Side Story musical By Bernstein; at Turtle Lane Playhouse,
Newton, 1999.
Why
We Have a Body Clare Chaffee, directed by Maureen Shea, Coyote
Theatre at the Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the
Arts. 1-97
Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee, directed by Doug
O"Keefe; Delvena Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts 9/96
Winter's
Tale By William Shakespeare, directed by Rocco Sisto, and
Co, Lenox 7/97
Yeomen
of the Guard By Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Bob Jolly,
Publick Theatre, Boston 1999.
The
Young Man from Atlanta By Horton Foote, starring Ralph Waite,
directed by Peter Masterson, 11-95
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