Lil Chuck at the Charles Playhouse, Boston MA. *** out of 5. Part improv show, part frat/sorority rave, and part genuine attempt at classical acting,

Chuang Stage, Boston, MA. **** out of 5. The title of Zoë Kim’s world-premiere memories of a Dickensian upbringing, Korean-style, is the catchall phrase by

Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, MA. ** out of 5. A typical New Year’s Eve in Europe doesn’t feature Ryan Seacrest, Anderson Cooper or even

North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, MA. **** out of 5. Esteem for Peter Stone and Maury Yeston’s impressionistic treatment of the legendary 1912 disaster has

SpeakEasy Stage, Boston, MA. **** out of 5. Playwright Steven Drukman has a gift for writing people of different classes – the intelligentsia, and everyday

Umbrella Stage Company, *** out of 5. Did anyone really need a stage version of Paddy Chayefsky’s NETWORK? A good question, one first asked when

SpeakEasy Stage, Boston, MA. *** out of 5. The tropical setting concocted by set designer Erik D. Diaz and lighting designer Amanda E. Fallon is

Central Square Theater, Cambridge: *** out of 5. Three gifted women are having a ball playing all the roles in a British multigenre take on

Dan Whelton, Erica Spyres, Paula Plum, Steven Barkhimer (l. to r.). Photo by Nile Hawver. The old gray Martha ain’t what she used to be.