I've had women on the brain at the movies lately, and we are out there in significant numbers this season along with the boys of summer. I happened to see two sequels MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and PITCH PERFECT 2 on the same day and fully expected to tolerate the former and enjoy the latter. Not even close. PITCH "imperfect" began with a crude joke, meandered [...]
Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac. Photo by Gretjen Helene/A.R.T. If the end of the world were tomorrow, there's no one I'd rather have shuffle me off to Buffalo and back than Mandy Patinkin (in his A.R.T. debut) and Taylor Mac ("The Lily's Revenge") as a pair of waterlogged vaudevillians who tap their way ashore after a global [...]
I'm mad always and forever for: MAD MEN. SPOILER ALERT!! Sunday's final episode of the greatest TV series ever made, will forever have me reeling, as it did from my first ride on that "Carousel" of Don Draper's imagination. MAD MEN, a saga of men and women on Madison Avenue, served up the most compelling, unpredictable, and fully fleshed out fictional characters [...]
photo: by Matt West From left, Boston Theater Critics Association president Joyce Kulhawik, Lea DeLaria and Ryan Landry on the red carpet at the Elliot Norton Awards. The dust has settled on the 33rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association, [...]
To all you Mothers out there: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!
This Monday May 11, 7 PM you're all invited to the event I've been working on ALL YEAR -- THE NORTIES, more formally known as THE ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS onstage at THE SHUBERT THEATRE. (BUY TICKETS HERE!) It's the night The Boston Theater Critics Association passes out awards to our fabulous theater community, then passes out at a [...]
Here's a double feature at the movies-- you'll love beginning with THE AGE OF ADALINE. The film stars the beautiful Blake Lively as a woman named Adeline Bowman who was born at the beginning of the 20th century and hasn't aged a day since she was 29! Her secret? A car accident during a surprise snowstorm followed by [...]
There's a lovely, touching production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK playing through this weekend, presented and performed by the acclaimed Boston Children's Theatre in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death. On stage at the Calderwood Pavilion, the BCT production is impressive not only because of its sophisticated [...]
The summer blockbuster season is upon us-- superhero sequels, animated adventures, and crazy comedies. My tastes are somewhat different from your average 14 year old boy, so keep that in mind as you peruse the list below. Here's what I can't wait to see as the summer kicks off in PART I of my Summer Movie Preview: MAY 1: [...]
Take a deep breath and prepare to be moved. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA the American classic by William Inge is now onstage in a breathtakingly poignant production that's just been extended by popular demand. This SHEBA is produced by the Huntington Theatre Company and directed by David Cromer who illuminated another classic "OUR TOWN" a few seasons back, and here works [...]
