Terry Byrne

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Terry Byrne

More than a century after George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” first attacked Victorian hypocrisy around sex work, has much changed? Since the premise no longer generates the level of shock that resulted in the closure of the New York theater and the arrest of the actors when it premiered in 1905, in the Central Square Theater production, running through June 29, the venality of a capitalist society now takes precedence over the family scandal. David R.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Terry Byrne

Romantic comedies require a “meet cute” moment to get the ball rolling. In the case of “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” that happens at the airport baggage carousel, which becomes the structure around which all the action spins — literally.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Terry Byrne

Playwright Gaven D. Trinidad says when he was young, his father read to him every night, which he called “an incredible act of love.”Trinidad, a first-generation, Filipinx-American theater maker, has turned that fond memory into a frame for “Learning How to Read by Moonlight,” his new play, which has its world premiere in a co-production by CHUANG Stage and Company One May 16-June 8.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Terry Byrne

When the metal grill-like curtain parted in the Roberts Studio Theatre, we not only entered "Jaja’s African Hair Braiding" salon in Harlem, we stepped into the hilarious, but complicated lives of several African immigrants and got a glimpse at the social and cultural experience of braiding. Janie E. Howland’s realistic set for the SpeakEasy Stage production provides a solid foundation for the sometimes flighty, always fervent personalities that populate Jaja’s salon.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Terry Byrne

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster thriller “Jaws,” and theatrical producer Bill Hanney can’t contain his excitement. “It’s one of my favorite movies,” says Hanney, who owns several movie theaters throughout New England, as well as live theater venues, including the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Theater-by-the-Sea in South Kingstown, R.I., and a currently-under-construction, multi-use entertainment complex in Hyannis.