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Sitting through productions of ``Waiting for Godot'' is often akin to watching paint dry.
A boy with pointy ears, a disgraced princess bent on revenge, a self-effacing Mae West fan, an old woman ruminating over a story.
This year in theater was marked by an impressive number of luminous performances on stages large and small.
Julie Andrews brought her considerable charms to ``A Royal Christmas,'' the old-fashioned holiday entertainment at the FleetCenter yesterday afternoon.
"Imaginary Friends"? Imaginary play is more like it.
How do you cram the sets and costumes from a dozen 50-foot trucks into a backstage as small as that of the Colonial Theatre?
Arliss Howard is an unlikely cheerleader.
But the actor, who has had a steady career playing thoughtful or intense character roles in the movies and onstage, is returning to the American Repertory Theatre for "Uncle Vanya," which opens Saturday.
The real draw in the musical revue now at the Stuart Street Playhouse is James Barbour, a singer who can generate goose bumps with just four bars of ``If I Loved You'' from Rodgers and Hamme…
I went bald Monday afternoon and let my id take over during my audition for the Blue Man Group at the Charles Playhouse.
Interviews with "Back to Broadway" star James Barbour and director Joel Zwick.
The musical version of ``Marty,'' which is having its world premiere at the Huntington Theatre, keeps all the poignancy of Paddy Chayefsky's story intact. The bad news is, the music adds not…
The Huntington Theatre Co.'s production of the world-premiere musical ``Marty,'' which opened in previews last weekend, has broken advance sales records.
"Medea," actress Fiona Shaw says, is a very domestic play.
A wacky tale from a supermarket tabloid hardly seems like the makings of musical theater. But SpeakEasy Stage Company's deliriously funny production of ``Bat Boy: The Musical'' easily ranks …
