December 2017

“Lyrically witty, musically rich!” — the Guardian

Road Show

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Directed by Spiro Veloudos Co-Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins Music Director, Jonathan Goldberg  January 12 – February 11, 2018 On his continuing journey through the works of Stephen Sondheim, director Spiro Veloudos brings us Sondheim’s latest work, Road Show, the true boom-and-bust story of two of the most colorful and outrageous fortune-seekers in American history. From the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the 1930s, entrepreneur Addison Mizner and his fast-talking brother Wilson were proof positive that the road to the American Dream is often a seductive, treacherous tightrope walk.

Home for the Holidays: Bluegrass & Broadway

Lyric Stage Favorite Erica Spyres Singing & Fiddlin’

December 22, 2017 l 8pm Lyric Stage Company of Boston “Erica Spyres proves, yet again, she can do anything!” — Boston Metro “Performed with a shiver-down-your-spine delicacy by Spyres!” — The Boston Globe “Spyres is out of this world!” — WBUR Lyric Stage audiences have been dazzled by Erica Spyres in such productions as Company, Peter and the Starcatcher, Into the Woods, Avenue Q, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Big River,  and more! Now enjoy Erica and friends in an intimate cabaret about an actor’s life, auditioning, the joy of landing a role, and life on the road, with a bit of Holiday cheer thrown in!  Erica Spyres — from the LYRIC STAGE to the national tour of ONCE and the new Broadway revival of CAROUSEL — home again for one night only!