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Jul 01 2016

THEATER: BEDLAM’s SHAKESPEARE 2 WAYS

By |2016-07-01T18:55:28-04:00July 1st, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

It's BEDLAM out there and I am referring to the rambunctious and fantastically subversive theater troupe out of NYC who takes a hearty bite out of Shakespeare, or rather two bites of the same juicy apple. The Bard called his gender-bending comedy of love, manners, and female empowerment TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL. BEDLAM takes the title literally and [...]

Jun 27 2016

THEATER: SHOWBOAT

By |2016-06-28T22:49:40-04:00June 27th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

This summer's movies have kept me running back to live theater instead.  There's a lavish new production of SHOWBOAT that just docked at the Shubert Theatre, the inaugural production of the Fiddlehead Theatre Company's partnership with Citi Center-- and it's a stunning debut! I was struck by the beauty of the set before I ever heard a note from the enormous orchestra. [...]

Jun 21 2016

ENTER TO WIN: MET SUMMER ENCORE SERIES AT THE MOVIES

By |2016-06-21T18:28:54-04:00June 21st, 2016|Epic & Historical, Movies, Music, Musicals, Romance, Theater|0 Comments

WIN complimentary passes to the Fathom Event: MET SUMMER ENCORE SERIES! Enter to win by e-mailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with (name of the opera event/JOYCE) in the subject line. Please send your full name and e-mail address! 5 admit 2 winners will be selected for each opera and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid at Showcase Cinemas in Lowell [...]

Jun 18 2016

THEATER: MATILDA

By |2016-06-27T23:22:20-04:00June 18th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

I have a new favorite musical and it's called MATILDA THE MUSICAL!!! This literate, darkly funny, empowering, and bizarrely inventive Tony award-winner just hit the Boston Opera House in its first national tour-- and don't you dare miss it!  MATILDA THE MUSICAL is based on Roald Dahl's best-selling novel, and captures the writer's strange and shadowy sensibility, as [...]

Jun 15 2016

THEATER: SUMMER STAGE ROUNDUP!

By |2016-06-20T14:13:06-04:00June 15th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

Summer is in full swing on stages in and around Boston now including two classic musicals, and a trip on the Neverland! North Shore Music Theatre opens its season with FUNNY GIRL the 1963 musical starring Barbra Streisand who went on to win an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film version. I mention Streisand because of [...]

Jun 13 2016

THEATER: THE TONY AWARDS 2016–THE NEW OSCARS

By |2016-06-13T15:22:59-04:00June 13th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

The TONYS are the new OSCARS. The 70th annual awards show honoring Broadway's best (click HERE for complete winners list) proved yet again what an eloquent, big-hearted, DIVERSE, and extraordinarily talented community theater artists belong to. Every night they take the stage and entertain, illuminate and inspire live audiences heart to heart, body and soul. (click HERE for ALL the performances) This [...]

Jun 10 2016

THEATER: I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU

By |2016-06-10T18:24:35-04:00June 10th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

The world premiere of  I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU is firing on all cylinders and requires we be MOST ALIVE as an audience to every cue-- visual and aural--  as we witness this extraordinary ensemble wrestle with life's random cruelties. It's a potent evening presented by the Huntington Theatre Company at the BCA's Calderwood Pavilion [...]

Jun 04 2016

THEATER: LETTICE AND LOVAGE

By |2016-06-08T13:19:43-04:00June 4th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

MUST DO this weekend: Head on up to Gloucester Stage and treat yourself to their 37th season opener, Tony Award-winner Peter Shaffer's slight but delicious LETTICE AND LOVAGE about two women who forge a friendship as they mount an attack on the modern world with their love of role-playing and romance! This amusing bauble of a play is polished to perfection by a dazzling [...]

May 24 2016

THEATER: 2016 ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS

By |2016-05-25T09:48:38-04:00May 24th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

The view from the wings of the Shubert Theatre was magical... there was the beautiful actress Jennifer Ellis in a satin gown under a silvery light with an even more silvery soprano singing solo from her winning performance in The Lyric Stage Company's marvelous production of MY FAIR LADY. There was the sultry McCaela Donovan holding us spellbound [...]

May 20 2016

THEATER: BODY OF THE WORLD/ROOSEVELVIS

By |2016-05-20T09:13:50-04:00May 20th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist Eve Ensler's body is her "pre-occupation and her occupation," the focus of her body of work beginning with THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and most recently her 2013 memoir turned stage adaptation now having its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater. IN THE BODY OF THE WORLD  is not for the faint of [...]