Leslie Rosenberg

A TRAGEDY FORETOLD — AND STILL SHOCKING Blood Brothers exposes the cruel divide of class and destiny I walked into the BCA Plaza Theatre in the South End neighborhood of Boston — and left shaken. To start, the lights come up to reveal two bodies lying before me, so close I could reach out and…

GET THEE TO SEE ASP’S R&J “Romeo. Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?” Did you know this means, “Why are you Romeo?” Language becomes the thing as Shakespearean dialogue positively blossoms into wonderful clarity. Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet — but not everyone knows the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s interpretation, playing at the…

SECRET COMEDY IS NO SECRET ANYMORE In The Secret Comedy of Women, directors, writers and stars Barbra Gehring and Linda Klein are two women who you would swear were besties from childhood. They shared similar passions and interests in comedy, crafting and collecting — and they also both kept childhood diaries. One day while reading…

FLAMES CAN BURN IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE Last weekend, Hub Theatre Company of Boston began its own smoldering revival of Lanford Wilson‘s Burn This, a show filled with intertwined emotion, unanswered questions, and refusals to see and accept answers. In the aftermath of a tragic accident that has killed Robbie, a gay young dancer/choreographer…