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R. Scott Reedy

R. Scott Reedy has written theater reviews and feature interviews with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winners for the Patriot Ledger, Mietrowest Daily News, the TABs, the Providence Journal, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and other Gannett Media outlets nationwide. He was also a longtime contributing writer for Soap Opera Weekly and Soaps In Depth magazines.  Previously on the Independent Reviews of New England (IRNE) committee, he is currently a voting member of the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards..He began covering theater and the arts in Boston for his college newspaper, The Suffolk Journal, for which he subsequently served as editor-in-chief. He earned both a Bachelor's degree in journalism and a Master's in education from Suffolk University.




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First Show:

Man of La Mancha

Favorite Show:

Fiddler on the Roof

Favorite Stories:



Review: Lyric Stage Company of Boston Keeps Things Flowing in Uproariously Funny URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
Review: Lyric Stage Company of Boston Keeps Things Flowing in Uproariously Funny URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
September 27, 2024

What did our critic think of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?

Review: The Huntington's LEOPOLDSTADT is Heart-Rending Epic
Review: The Huntington's LEOPOLDSTADT is Heart-Rending Epic
September 27, 2024

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 87, was the child of non-observant Jews whose family fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, just prior to Nazi occupation. Stoppard then spent much of his young life in India, and then Nottingham and Yorkshire in England, becoming the very essence of an intellectual Englishman.

Interview: Everything's Coming Up Rosie for Carly Sakolove on MAMMA MIA! Tour
Interview: Everything's Coming Up Rosie for Carly Sakolove on MAMMA MIA! Tour
September 20, 2024

Over the past decade, performer Carly Sakolove has appeared in “Mamma Mia!” on land – in the 2013–2014 North American tour – and at sea on Royal Caribbean cruise lines.

Interview: Everything's Coming Up Rosie for Carly Sakolove in MAMMA MIA! Tour
Interview: Everything's Coming Up Rosie for Carly Sakolove in MAMMA MIA! Tour
October 17, 2024

Over the past decade, performer Carly Sakolove has appeared in “Mamma Mia!” on land – in the 2013–2014 North American tour – and at sea on Royal Caribbean cruise lines.

Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Serves Up Well-done LAUGHS IN SPANISH
Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Serves Up Well-done LAUGHS IN SPANISH
September 19, 2024

What did our critic think of LAUGHS IN SPANISH at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts? SpeakEasy Stage Company is opening its 34th season, the final for artistic director Paul Daigneault, with a fresh, lively, and funny production of “Laughs in Spanish” that has something for everyone.

Review: Gloucester Stage Company and Teatro Chelsea Join
Forces for Fine Co-production of THE HOMBRES
Review: Gloucester Stage Company and Teatro Chelsea Join Forces for Fine Co-production of THE HOMBRES
September 17, 2024

What did our critic think of THE HOMBRES at Gloucester Stage Company And Teatro Chelsea?

Review: SHREK: THE MUSICAL at Emerson Colonial Theatre
Review: SHREK: THE MUSICAL at Emerson Colonial Theatre
September 14, 2024

What did our critic think of SHREK: THE MUSICAL at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

Interview: Puppeteer Vinny Lovegrove Brings His Miracle Fish Puppet Theater to KING RICHARD'S FAIRE
Interview: Puppeteer Vinny Lovegrove Brings His Miracle Fish Puppet Theater to KING RICHARD'S FAIRE
September 6, 2024

If it’s late summer or early fall in southeastern Massachusetts, then King Richard’s Faire must be in town, and so it is no surprise that the Renaissance festival recently opened its 43rd season on an 80-acre wooded site in Carver, where it will run weekends and Monday holidays through October 20.

Interview: Scarlett Strallen Talks A GRAND SUITE FROM HARRY POTTER with Boston Pops
Interview: Scarlett Strallen Talks A GRAND SUITE FROM HARRY POTTER with Boston Pops
September 4, 2024

Stage performer and concert artist Scarlett Strallen – a favorite in London’s West End for her leading roles in “Mary Poppins,” “A Chorus Line,” and “HMS Pinafore,” and on Broadway in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” and “Travesties” – made such an impression in her debut appearance with conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in “Broadway Today! Broadway’s Modern Masters” earlier this year that she’s already been asked back.

Interview: Bill Medley on THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Farewell and Whether There's a Jukebox Musical in his Future
Interview: Bill Medley on THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Farewell and Whether There's a Jukebox Musical in his Future
August 21, 2024

For six decades, Bill Medley – who will bring the Righteous Brothers Lovin’ Feelin’ Farewell Tour to the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis on August 23 and the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset on August 24 – has reached generations of fans with his singular bass-baritone voice and “blue-eyed soul” style.

Interview: Marilyn Maye Talks Provincetown, Her Upcoming Town Hall Debut, and What Makes a Song Great
Interview: Marilyn Maye Talks Provincetown, Her Upcoming Town Hall Debut, and What Makes a Song Great
August 19, 2024

After a dozen years of sold-out engagements at the Art House, and a Covid-necessitated poolside show at the Crown & Anchor in 2020, Maye is back this year to give a Broadway-themed concert at Town Hall on August 25, with Tedd Firth on piano, Steve Doyle on bass, and Daniel Glass on drums.

Review: Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is Gold-Medal-Worthy
Review: Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is Gold-Medal-Worthy
August 11, 2024

What did our critic think of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston?

Review: Kristin Chenoweth Glitters in World Premiere of THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES at Emerson Colonial Theatre
Review: Kristin Chenoweth Glitters in World Premiere of THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES at Emerson Colonial Theatre
August 2, 2024

Jackie Siegel first came to the public’s attention as the subject of Lauren Greenfeld’s 2012 documentary, “The Queen of Versailles,” a real-life look at the former Mrs. Florida who married a billionaire and then, inspired by trips not only to France but to Las Vegas, set about building with him their own Palace of Versailles in Orlando.

Review:  Hub Theatre Company of Boston's 46 PLAYS FOR AMERICA'S FIRST LADIES is Delightfully Irreverent
Review: Hub Theatre Company of Boston's 46 PLAYS FOR AMERICA'S FIRST LADIES is Delightfully Irreverent
August 2, 2024

What did our critic think of 46 PLAYS FOR AMERICA'S FIRST LADIES at Hub Theatre Company Of Boston?

Review: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's THE WINTER'S TALE Makes for a Splendid Summer Evening
Review: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's THE WINTER'S TALE Makes for a Splendid Summer Evening
August 1, 2024

What did our critic think of THE WINTER'S TALE at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company?

Interview: For Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino, THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES is a Hometown Story
Interview: For Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino, THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES is a Hometown Story
July 28, 2024

Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino not only wrote the book for “The Queen of Versailles,” she came up with the original idea for a musical about the billionaire Florida couple living their own version of the American Dream – building a gargantuan gilded palace – until the Great Recession of 2008 gets in the way.

Interview: Costumer Joe Michienzie talks KINKY BOOTS at The Company Theatre
Interview: Costumer Joe Michienzie talks KINKY BOOTS at The Company Theatre
July 24, 2024

The eponymous thigh-highs in “Kinky Boots” are just one of the many statement-making fashion elements in the musical, which will be at The Company Theatre (TCT) in Norwell, July 26 to August 18.

Review: DIONNE WARWICK Dazzles at Cabot Theatre
Review: DIONNE WARWICK Dazzles at Cabot Theatre
July 23, 2024

From the moment Dionne Warwick took the stage at her recent concert at Beverly’s Cabot Theatre, accompanied by a thunderous, sustained standing ovation, it was clear that there was a legend in the house.

Review: Gloucester Stage Company's Wipeout is Moving and Funny Look at Enduring Friendships
Review: Gloucester Stage Company's Wipeout is Moving and Funny Look at Enduring Friendships
July 19, 2024

What did our critic think of WIPEOUT at Gloucester Stage Company?

Review: With Re-energized Elvis Musical, Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston is ALL SHOOK UP
Review: With Re-energized Elvis Musical, Reagle Music Theatre Of Greater Boston is ALL SHOOK UP
July 15, 2024

For decades now, TV movies and feature films have been made about Elvis Presley, but stage shows about the King of Rock ‘n Roll, or built on his amazing musical catalogue, have been fewer and further between.






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