Stage Review

Stoneham Theatre rises to the challenge of 'Meany'

By Sandy MacDonald

Globe Correspondent / January 18, 2006

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You could never accuse Stoneham Theatre of suburban slackerhood. Offsetting the occasional ''easy viewing" offerings over the past five seasons are ambitious undertakings such as the current ''A Prayer for Owen Meany" by British playwright Simon Bent -- a New England premiere, and only the third production to date of Bent's 2002 adaptation of John Irving's sprawling novel. (Full article: 532 words)