The Persian Quarter, by Cathleen Cahill September 15 – October 9, 2011 Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA All photos by Meghan Moore In a time capsule of Iran’s explosive history in the late seventies, taking 52 Americans hostage and freeing them 444 days later with Ronald Regan’s election, this is the story of two of [...]
Steel Magnolias written by Robert Harling Directed by Paula Plum Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham MA 9/15 – 10/2/2011 The open set of a cozy beauty shop under a giant magnolia branch with enormous blooms sets the mood before the show begins. Once the lights come up, there is no doubt that you are in girl [...]
Sisters of Swing The story of the Andrews Sisters Stoneham Theatre Through July 24, 2011 For those of us too young to remember the Andrews Sisters, you’ll still recognize their music, still legendary as were are their USO concerts during WWII. This show not only entertains, but weaves their history into the broader landscape through [...]
Having living in Lowell for three months, we have been on a quest for a good pizza. One would think in such a ethnically diverse urban area, that would be a snap, but evidently it’s going to be a trial and error process. Our first venture was at Espresso Pizza, and if you like sugar [...]
If mideast politics had anything to do with food, the conflict would end as soon as all hostile parties tasted the amazing food at Babylon Restaurant. On this opening day guests were served literally the best humus I’ve ever tasted with pita bread and a salad, similar to an Israeli salad, only with lettuce included [...]
music by Harry Warren lyrics by Al Dubin book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble based on the novel by Bradford Ropes directed and choreographed by Ilyse Robbins May 5 – 29, 2011 What I love about seeing older shows is discovering, ‘oh, that’s where that song came from…” and in this case, besides its [...]
This is one of many hilarious nature videos narrated by a wonderful man named Randall, who comes off as a gay and squeamish version of Marlin Perkins. There’s something very funny about humans judging animals on human terms. The honey badger has been called the most fearless animal around, taking on very dangerous animals. But [...]
A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA April 21 – May 15, 2011 A Picasso opens in an stone vault, under the 1941 streets of Paris, where a pretty convincing-looking Picasso (Mark Zeisler) sits alone, holding his fedora until he’s joined by Miss Fischer (Kate Udall), a Nazi interrogator. She has brought Picasso [...]
This is a great trailer for a very funny black comedy called “After Hours,” directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1985. As you can see from the trailer, a mild-mannered uptown Manhattan yuppie (Griffin Dunne) meets a young woman (Roseanne Arquette) who lives in SoHo. As he’s taking the cab ride down there, he [...]
Breaking The Code by Hugh Whitemeore Directed by Adam Zahler Central Square Theater Cambridge MA April 7 – May 8, 2011 Breaking the Code. a show about a Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician who broke the German’s Enigma Code Machine in WWII. It seems right that the usually traditional stage/ theatre layout has transformed into [...]
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