All stories by Jenna Scherer on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Artisan's Asylum, creative nerve center, blooms in Somerville by Jenna Scherer

Somerville is a city as steeped in its past as an industrial mecca as it is in its present as a center for artists...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:52PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 28, 2011

The joint's not jumpin' in Lyric's 'Ain't Misbehavin'' by Jenna Scherer

For a show about the wild and raucous days of the Harlem Renaissance, "Ain't Misbehavin'" is disappointingly well-behaved....

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:27PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Company One's trilogy has 'Sweet' finish by Jenna Scherer

At the center of Com-pany One's program for "The Brother/Sister Plays," there's a handy family tree to help you...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:58PM[SHARE]

For 'Captors' audience, Nazi drama with nuance by Jenna Scherer

We like our bad guys to come dressed in black, not shades of gray. But drama - and history - have proven that things...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:44PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Playwright treads lightly in 'Brown Water' by Jenna Scherer

There's a lot of expository reading you could do before seeing "In the Red and Brown Water," the first of Tarell...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:04PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 14, 2011

'Macbett' a bewitching tale of ambition, corruption by Jenna Scherer

It's hard to watch a satire that's nearly as long as the object of parody itself. But Eugene Ionesco isn't content...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:58PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 10, 2011

'Peter' a panoramic pleasure by Jenna Scherer

Staging "Peter Pan" is always a balancing act - and not just counterweights and flying ropes. There has to be an...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:11PM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Whistler's 'Dogg's Hamlet' a show Stoppard by Jenna Scherer

Playwright Tom Stoppard has always been known as a master of wordplay. In "Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth," an...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:54PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 4, 2011

'DollHouse' measures up by Jenna Scherer

When "A Doll's House" was first performed in 1879, it shocked 19th century values. Henrik Ibsen's play, which famously...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:05PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 3, 2011

'Buddy Cop' exercises right to remain silent by Jenna Scherer

The first thing you should know about "Buddy Cop 2" is that there is no "Buddy Cop 1." The second thing you should...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:26PM[SHARE]

'Sister' sendup is simply 'Divine' by Jenna Scherer

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, there are few things that can raise my spirits out of the drizzle better than pure,...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:00PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 31, 2011

Strong 'Will' needed to sit through play by Jenna Scherer

Only hard-core Shakespeareophiles need apply to "Women of Will." In Tina Packer's Bard-a-thon, the three hours'...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:49PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 28, 2011

A play for 'Better' or worse by Jenna Scherer

"You Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents' Divorce" seemingly takes place in a permanent state of limbo. Emotions...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:58PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

'GoreFest' induces a bloody good time by Jenna Scherer

Not content with simply breaking the fourth wall, ImprovBoston hurls blood and guts over it. Literally. After a...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:11PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 24, 2011

Lyric Stage puts farcical spin on playwright's life by Jenna Scherer

Restoration-era playwrights were so wacky! If you take Liz Duffy Adams' "Or," at its word, life in 17th century...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:57PM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 13, 2011

'Stories' has the write stuff by Jenna Scherer

Not all that much happens in the cozy, book-strewn Manhattan living room that serves as the setting of New Repertory...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:25PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 7, 2011

'Tiny Kushner' scope is too large by Jenna Scherer

Tony Kushner carved out a permanent place in American drama with his seminal two-part epic "Angels in America."...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:29AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Spend 'Night' pondering comedic nature of love by Jenna Scherer

Nowhere in Shakespeare is love a slipperier concept than in "Twelfth Night," the Bard's mid-career comedy of bisecting...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:47PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 30, 2011

Cast makes it easy to sing praises of 'Candide' by Jenna Scherer

Live musical theater has the power to transport an audience as few other mediums can. That's easy to forget with...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:59PM[SHARE]

Anderson brings 'Delusion' to life by Jenna Scherer

If anyone other than Laurie Anderson tried to do something like "Delusion," it wouldn't work. But the venerable...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:53PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 29, 2011

It's not all smooth sailing in 'South Pacific' by Jenna Scherer

There's a secondhand feeling pervading Sarna Lapine's production of "South Pacific," the Rodgers and Hammerstein...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:21PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 26, 2011

'Next Fall' a smart, witty play about sexuality, religion by Jenna Scherer

"Next Fall" proves that, like real life, the action of a play doesn't have to be limited to one genre. Geoffrey...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:26PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 23, 2011

Comedy of errors by Jenna Scherer

Robert Brustein can't actually be serious about this play. He's just messing with us, right? That's the only explanation...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:39PM[SHARE]

Laughter, camaraderie lend strength to 'Steel' by Jenna Scherer

"Steel Magnolias" is to a theater season what mashed potatoes are to a dinner: predictable and mild, but also undeniably...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:35PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Play about values not good 'Enough' by Jenna Scherer

Every progressive theater company worth its salt these days seems intent on breaking down the wall between audience...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:41PM[SHARE]
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Peek behind the curtain at local fall theater lineup by Jenna Scherer

Theater may be the only animal that hibernates in the summer. But this fall season is full to bursting with shows...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:29PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 16, 2011

'Magnolias' relationships blossomed long before show by Jenna Scherer

Though they've had only 15 days to rehearse, there's rarely been an ensemble that's so at ease with each other...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:58PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 9, 2011

Cirque du Soleil scales it down for 'Quidam' by Jenna Scherer

It's that time of year again, kids, when Cirque du Soleil makes its annual pit stop here, and we all get a crick...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:06PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 8, 2011

'Rent' has potential to own stage by Jenna Scherer

We can't seem to get enough of the '90s these days. Nickelodeon is re-airing all of its classic Clinton-era TV...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:27PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 5, 2011

Huck's adventures take place on 'River' by Jenna Scherer

The Lyric Stage Company has a thing for staging classic literature. Last season, artistic director Spiro Veloudos...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:41PM[SHARE]
Friday, August 19, 2011

North Shore production isn't 'Footloose' or fancy-free by Jenna Scherer

Let's be honest here: No one goes to see "Footloose" for the story. That went for the 1984 film, and it goes double...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:42PM[SHARE]

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