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Jan 09 2016

THEATER: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

By |2016-01-09T14:00:10-05:00January 9th, 2016|Theater|0 Comments

I've got the music from this show stuck in my head--so my life is now a Disney musical!  Such is the irresistible power of this Broadway in Boston production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST once it gets going-- which is somewhere at the beginning of Act II. The long-running hit musical features a relentlessly catchy score, truly outstanding voices, clever staging, [...]

Dec 20 2015

THEATER: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

By |2015-12-21T10:58:49-05:00December 20th, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

Though I've just begun writing this review, I am already at a loss for superlatives. NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812  has to be one of the most fantastically alive and rapturous theatrical productions I've ever seen. THE 19th century Russian novel has come to dazzling life at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge after premiering off broadway and [...]

Dec 14 2015

THEATER: BUYER & CELLAR/ EXPOSED

By |2015-12-14T00:30:07-05:00December 14th, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

BUYER & CELLAR now on at THE LYRIC STAGE is a terrifically entertaining, laugh out loud (I did many times) riot! It's a one-man show set in the basement of the one-woman show that is forever BARBRA. As in STREISAND. As in fabulous.  And now a word about the fabulous Phil Tayler. He is utterly divine, holding us all [...]

Dec 04 2015

THEATER: THE SNOW QUEEN/ ONE CHILD BORN THE MUSIC OF LAURA NYRO

By |2015-12-13T12:43:52-05:00December 4th, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

I hate to be the grinch, but the New Rep's New England Premiere of the new "steam punk" musical THE SNOW QUEEN left me cold. Almost numb. Neither enchanting nor uplifting, the show is overlong, with a fussy book, a clunky, bland "pop rock" score, cliched lyrics, and wobbly vocals, and marked by one of the most "awkward-bordering-on-creepy" scenes on [...]

Dec 02 2015

HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT: WIN TIX TO URBAN NUTCRACKER!!

By |2015-12-02T12:11:01-05:00December 2nd, 2015|Dance, More A & E, Music, Theater|0 Comments

URBAN NUTCRACKER Boston is pleased to offer Joyce’s Choices followers a chance to WIN one of four Family-4 packs (4 tickets!) to see the Tony Williams Ballet Company production of Urban Nutcracker at John Hancock Hall on Friday December 11 at 7:30pm! The show is SO much fun! More than your usual ballet, URBAN NUTCRACKER      celebrates a wildly diverse collage of dance, swinging from from hip hop [...]

Nov 21 2015

THEATER: A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

By |2015-11-21T00:12:23-05:00November 21st, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

It's hard to dramatize language, and that is the nut this show needs to crack. A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES  is the latest presentation by the Huntington Theatre Company adapted by Jefferey Hatcher from John Kennedy Toole's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Its title is derived from Jonathan Swift's witty observation about the recognition of genius by way of the witless response to it. But what, on the page, is a rollicking, [...]

Nov 19 2015

THEATER/MOVIE ROUND UP:Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, Isango, Steve Jobs, Spectre

By |2015-11-19T00:13:56-05:00November 19th, 2015|Action & Adventure, Drama, Movies, Theater, Thriller|0 Comments

Here's the bottom line on some of what I've seen lately onstage and onscreen: THEATER                 *This is the last week to see Katori Hall's SATURDAY NIGHT/ SUNDAY MORNING at the Lyric Stage. It's an entertaining slice of life set in Memphis during WWII at Miss Mary's Press n' Curl, [...]

Nov 15 2015

THEATER: WIN TICKETS TO WHEELOCK FAMILY THEA

By |2015-11-15T22:46:06-05:00November 15th, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

Wheelock Family Theatre is pleased to offer the followers of Joyce’s Choices a chance to win one of TWO Family-4 packs (4 tickets!) to see the Wheelock Family Theatre production of The Trumpet of the Swan on Friday November 20 at 7:30pm!  I saw the show and it's SO much fun, so well-played, with a GREAT [...]

Nov 09 2015

THEATER: BEAUTIFUL/CHOICE

By |2015-11-09T01:38:21-05:00November 9th, 2015|Theater|0 Comments

So much theater, so little time. Here are two bottom line reviews of what I've seen lately, more to come--shortly.   Put this at the TOP of your "must-see" list:  The Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway smash BEAUTIFUL-The Carole King Musical. I felt the earth move under my feet-- and you will too! The musical chronicles the evolution of the life, [...]

Oct 31 2015

MOVIE/THEATER: WIN FREE TICKETS!

By |2015-10-31T18:47:07-04:00October 31st, 2015|Comedy, Movies, Theater|0 Comments

WIN complimentary passes to the Fathom Event: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST! Enter to win by emailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with “EARNEST – JOYCE’S CHOICES” in the subject line. 5 admit 2 winners will be selected and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid for the Showcase Cinema De Lux Patriot Place in Foxborough MA. For more [...]