Lyric Stage productions nominated in six categories What are the Elliot Norton Awards? Via http://www.elliotnortonawards.com/ “The awards are presented annually by The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) (Don Aucoin, Jared Bowen, Terry Byrne, Carolyn Clay, Nick Dussault, Iris Fanger, Joyce Kulhawik, Kilian Melloy, Bob Nesti, and Ed Siegel) to honor the outstanding productions, directors, designers, and performers that audiences have seen
Jeremy Sumpter was the first male actor to play the traditional character of Peter Pan in a film version. Via Peter Pan: Reimagined through the ages The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up gets a constant makeover by Katharine Mayk, Artistic Assistant Peter and The Starcatcher is a prequel to the beloved classic Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. Since his creation by
One of the Year’s Most Produced Play Comes to Boston What should you except from Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play? There is no other theatre space like the Lyric Stage in Boston. The interior of the Lyric Stage in Boston, MA, a uniquely intimate venue. The front row rests their feet on the stage, and no one is more than 35 feet from the
Playwright Anne Washburn Mr. Burns and Friends, Surviving Long Past the Ends Times An interview with playwright Anne Washburn by Jeff Lunden https://youtu.be/3xHq9AaHnMY Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play is on stage at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston from April 8- May 7 2016. Tickets at: https://tickets.lyricstage.com/
Mr. Burns: One Story, Three Ways to Tell It! Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play(playing April 8 — May 7, 2016)is a theatrical exploration on the nature of story-telling and art follows the evolution of an episode of The Simpsons from camp fire memory to high art. For those of you who have never seen the episode (or can only dimly recall it) here
Tyler Simahk, Michael Hisamoto, Theresa Nguyen* and Lin-Ann Ching Kocar star in Fast Company. Photo: Nerys Powell. Plays, Process, and Family Secrets an interview with Fast Company playwright Carla Ching by A. Nora Long, Associate Artistic Director “To support my playwriting habit, I’ve been a waitress at a beer and wings place, a teacher, a secretary, a teaching artist, and now, I write on a
The cast of My Fair Lady. Photo: Mark S. Howard Lyric Stage nominated for 24 IRNE Awards Did your favorites get nominated? Find out! What are the IRNE awards? The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards were founded by Beverly Creasey of the Journal Newspapers and Larry Stark of the TheaterMirror in 1997. The IRNE Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the
“The Conjurer” by Hieronymus Bosch, 1475–1480. Via: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Hieronymus_Bosch_051.jpg Compiled by A. Nora Long, Associate Artistic Director Fast Companyby Carla Ching (playing at Lyric Stage March 4–27, 2016) tells the story of a family of con-artists. Beware the flim-flam man! These famous cons may have been around forever but, in the words of P.T. Barnum, “a sucker is born every minute.” Do you recognize any
by Katharine Mayk, Artistic Assistant Amelia Broome* and Christopher Chew* in Lyric Stage’s production of Sweeney Todd. Photo: Mark S. Howard You don’t have to be an assassin, a witch, or a murderous barber to understand one. Stephen Sondheim revolutionized the the American musical by using rich characters with identifiable emotions as the driving force of the story in each of his
From top left: Leigh Barrett*, Mala Bhattacharya, Maritza Bostic, Christopher Chew*, Aimee Doherty*, Davron Monroe*, Sam Simahk* and Patrick Varner. The cast of Sondheim on Sondheim is a group of Boston’s best musical theatre performers. All of the actors you’ll see performing Sondheim’s greatest hits have called the Lyric Stage home before. Did you have the chance to see any of these great