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On now: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors with Actors’ Shakespeare Company
Image credit: Benjamin Rose Photography (IG: @benjaminrosephotography)
Image description: Paul as Count Dracula, center, confidently strides onto the stage wearing sunglasses a long pink faux-fur coat and pink velvet pants. A pink spotlight lights him while Thalia Gerloff, left, and Doug Lockwood, right, spray atmospheric haze from cans around him for dramatic effect.
Paul is sinking his teeth into one of horror’s most iconic roles: Count Dracula.
You know Dracula: blood, terror, tragedy, questionable neck-related choices. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors finds something else lurking in Bram Stoker’s classic: camp. This fast, comedic adaptation heightens the story’s inherent theatricality while explicitly exploring the queerness of Dracula and other characters.
Paul stars as Count Dracula, described in the script as a hunky gym nut and brought to undead life here as a self-absorbed, seductive, larger-than-life vampire. Critics have taken notice: The Boston Globe calls Paul “the straw that stirs this bloody drink,” while WBUR praises his performance as “fantastic… self-absorbed, sexually fluid and hilarious.”
Playing October 9-November 1, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown.
Coming Spring 2027: Les Misérables at Lyric Stage Boston
Image credit: Lyric Stage Boston.
Image description: Two side-by-side headshots. At left, Aimee Doherty; at right, Paul Melendy. Text overlaid on the graphic reads “Les Misérables. Aimee Doherty* and Paul Melendy* Join the Cast of Les Misérables.”
Do you hear the people sing?
…They’re singing about Paul joining the cast of Les Misérables at Lyric Stage Boston in spring 2027!
Paul will take on the role of slimy innkeeper Thénardier, opposite musical powerhouse Aimee Doherty as his equally conniving wife, Madame Thénardier.
They join previously-announced cast members De’Lon Grant as Jean Valjean, Christopher Chew as Inspector Javert, and Kristian Espiritu as Fantine.
Playing April 30-June 20, Lyric Stage Boston. Tickets on sale now.
2026 Elliot Norton winner: Outstanding Lead Performance (Midsize) for Featherbaby
Image credit: Nile Scott Studios.
Image description: Paul Melendy accepts his award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Midsize) at the 43rd annual Elliot Norton Awards. He leans at a podium with a sign for The Boston Theater Critics Association. He’s wearing a a cream short-sleeve sweater with a green collar and red parrot print and is smiling.
On June 1, Paul won the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Midsize) for his work in Featherbaby at Greater Boston Stage Company.
The award, now in its 43rd year, is presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) at their annual ceremony and is the highest honor in Boston-area theater.
What made it especially remarkable: Paul was nominated twice in the same category, for Featherbaby and for The Garbologists at Gloucester Stage Company.
Congratulations to all this year's nominees, and a big thank you to the BTCA for the recognition and for their ongoing work celebrating Boston theater year-round.
Season 4 of “The Bostonians,” Plymouth Rock Insurance
Video description: Paul as the Patriots Militia Man watches a robot vacuum the Bostonians’ family room and laments the robots’ imminent rise.
If you’re a Boston sports fan of any kind, you’ve surely seen Paul as the Patriots Militia Man in “The Bostonians,” a series of sitcom-style commercials for Plymouth Rock Insurance.
Plymouth Rock is back with The Bostonians, season 4! You can now catch Paul in a batch of fun new spots filmed with Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster and Patriots mascot Pat Patriot.
You can still watch previous seasons anytime on YouTube.