Tag Archives: Speakeasy Stage Company

Lizard Boy: Speakeasy’s Superpower!

Posted on 11/05/2025 by paulefallon

Lizard Boy Speakeasy Stage Boston October 24 – November 22, 2025 Book, Music, and Lyrics by Justin Huertas Directed by Lyndsay Allyn Cox Twenty years ago, Mount St. Helens erupted, a dinosaur spewed forth, landed at a nearby playground, was … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Form of Catharsis

Posted on 10/01/2025 by paulefallon

The Hills of California Written by Jez Butterworth Directed by Loretta Greco The Huntington 9/12/2025 – 10/12/2025 ———- Primary Trust Written by Eboni Booth Directed by Dawn Simmons Speakeasy Stage 9/12.2025 – 10/11/2025 ———- That theater holds a mirror up … Continue reading →

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A Very Important: Man of No Importance

Posted on 03/04/2025 by paulefallon

A Man of No Importance By Terrence McNally Music and Lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns Directed by Paul Daigneault Speakeasy Stage Company February 21-March 22, 2025 Thirty-three years after founding Speakeasy Stage, and growing the company from navigating … Continue reading →

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Pru Payne

Posted on 10/23/2024 by paulefallon

Pru Payne Speakeasy Stage By Steven Druckman Directed by Paul Daigneault October 18 – November 16, 2024 The twenty-first century has ushered in a new form of drama: the dementia story. Hollywood apparently loves to see nature actors unravel, bestowing … Continue reading →

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Fairview

Posted on 04/26/2023 by paulefallon

I recently caught an afternoon matinee of Speakeasy Stage’s production of Fairview, one of the oddest, yet unsettling, pieces of theater I’ve seen in some time. The longish one act divides into three discrete segments. The first half hour or … Continue reading →

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Progressive Exaggerations to a Fault

Posted on 12/14/2022 by paulefallon

“Learning a new language is hard, connecting with other people is hard, leaving your homeland is hard, no matter where you are. Here, in the U.S., if you are not an English speaker, you are almost immediately stripped of your … Continue reading →

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