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Alan Cumming performs at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University Oct. 6. PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT TORRES/ CELEBRITY SERIES

Alan Cumming visits Cambridge to sing ‘sappy songs’

Hannah Shearer October 13, 2017

“I’m here to sing you some sappy songs,” Alan Cumming said in the middle of his second tune last Friday. “Be warned. Have a hanky at the ready.” Cumming performed at a nearly sold-out...

Maria Friedman’s production of “Merrily We Roll Along” premiered Sept. 8 at Huntington Theatre Company and will run through Oct. 15. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: “Merrily We Roll Along” is ultimately optimistic, despite context

Kaya Williams September 15, 2017

A spunky, poppy and inevitably toe-tapping overture fills the Huntington Avenue Theatre, aided by a nine-person orchestra so zealous it might as well be a pit of 100 musicians. With an energetic...

Tony Award-winner Kelli O'Hara performed Broadway hits at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge Sunday night as part of her first engagement with Celebrity Series of Boston. PHOTO COURTESY CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON

REVIEW: Kelli O’Hara graces audience with angelic vocals

Christy Osler March 4, 2016

Tony-award winner Kelli O’Hara ventured north of the Great White Way Sunday night to perform Broadway favorites to a packed Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. Although she is accustomed to performing...

EDITORIAL: Lights dim and a curtain falls on Boston history

EDITORIAL: Lights dim and a curtain falls on Boston history

Editors September 11, 2015

Students at colleges around Boston come here for a combination of the old, historic community and the new, modern flair of a bustling city. Tourists come here just to take pictures of some of the most...

Anna Kendrick stars as Cinderella in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Into the Woods," which will be released on Dec. 25. PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURES

INTERVIEW: Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine on timelessness of once upon a time in ‘Into the Woods’

Joe Incollingo December 8, 2014

“Once upon a time…” With that, this story begins as so many others do. It makes sense, though; even with a steady stream of rebooted and reimagined fairy tales giving, say, machine guns to Hansel...

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