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About Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Kulhawik is President of the Boston Theater Critics Association, a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics, and Boston Online Film Critics Association. Joyce also writes for WBUR's The ARTery and RogerEbert.com.
Mar 24 2025

THEATER: THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

By |2025-03-24T21:48:37-04:00March 24th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE is an old story with eternal clout. This rapturous production now onstage at THE HUNTINGTON is a rollicking exploration of love and reason, gender and power, politics and class. Yes, it was written in 1732 by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux and has a marvelous cast but it's the rip-roaring [...]

Mar 21 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: A MINECRAFT MOVIE

By |2025-03-21T20:11:43-04:00March 21st, 2025|Action & Adventure, Animation, Family, Free Advance Screening, Kids, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: A MINECRAFT MOVIE

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF Warner Bros. Pictures Release: A MINECRAFT MOVIE Screening info: WHEN: Sunday, March 30th at 11:00 AM WHERE: Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place (24 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA 02035) Terms and conditions:  You can sign up to redeem 2 FREE passes per person using the link below. Please note that [...]

Mar 19 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: THE PENGUIN LESSONS

By |2025-03-19T23:14:55-04:00March 19th, 2025|Comedy, Drama, Family, Free Advance Screening, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: THE PENGUIN LESSONS

You are cordially invited to attend a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of SONY CLASSICS release THE PENGUIN LESSONS! WHEN/WHERE: Tuesday, 3/25 at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common. TRAILER: HERE RSVP for PASSES HERE   Synopsis: Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting [...]

Mar 18 2025

THEATER: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE/ PARADE

By |2025-03-19T08:46:27-04:00March 18th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE/ PARADE

SPRING has sprung with a number of delightful, moving, first rate productions now in bloom on Boston stages! Here's my take on two of them, both of which speak to the moment we are in: the indispensability of LOVE and COMPASSION and the tragic consequences when they are missing.   A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE [...]

Mar 06 2025

THEATER ROUNDUP!

By |2025-03-06T22:16:48-05:00March 6th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER ROUNDUP!

SO much theater and I've seen most of it! Here's my take on three running through MARCH 16! I loved LYRIC STAGE COMPANY's production of ART by Yasmina Reza starring a marvelous troika of veteran Boston stars who know just how to massage this three-way friendship into a roiling dramedy triggered by a piece of [...]

Mar 04 2025

OSCARS REDUX 2025

By |2025-03-04T23:20:38-05:00March 4th, 2025|Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Epic & Historical, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Kids, Movies, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, War|Comments Off on OSCARS REDUX 2025

The Oscars Sunday night March 2 were masterfully handled by Brookline's own Conan O'Brien whose intelligence, sense of the absurd, and self-deprecating charm carried us through the wild and wacky tonal shifts of a long evening. He sang and danced and cracked us up, managed a heartfelt tribute to L.A. firefighters, and a straight up, [...]

Feb 27 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: MICKEY 17

By |2025-03-19T23:16:18-04:00February 27th, 2025|Action & Adventure, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Science Fiction|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: MICKEY 17

YOUR ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES RELEASE: MICKEY 17 WHEN:Monday, March 3rd at 7:00PM WHERE: AMC Boston Common (175 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111 TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1s65o_kYM&feature=youtu.be     Ticket Link: http://wbtickets.com/eqYqJ47848 Terms and conditions:  You can sign up to redeem 2 FREE passes per person using the link below. Please note that [...]

Feb 25 2025

THEATER: THE ODYSSEY

By |2025-02-25T23:19:43-05:00February 25th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE ODYSSEY

It's the most foundational narrative in the western world: THE ODYSSEY,  Homer's epic tale of Odysseus's ten-year journey home from the bloody decade-long Trojan war while wife Penelope waits and weaves. The Wizard of Oz, James Joyce's Ulysses, HarryPotter,  SpongeBob SquarePants and countless other tales owe something to the aptly named Homer. It would be [...]

Feb 22 2025

THEATER: THE GROVE

By |2025-02-24T15:55:04-05:00February 22nd, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE GROVE

THE GROVE now onstage at the HUNTINGTON'S CALDERWOOD PAVILION is simply magnificent. Playwright Mfoniso Udofia has given us an extraordinary theatrical gift which exceeds all the demands of the medium. The second in her nine-play UFOT FAMILY CYCLE,  informed by the playwright's own roots as a first first-generation Nigerian American who grew up in Massachusetts, [...]

Feb 19 2025

THEATER: LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL/STAGE KISS

By |2025-02-19T22:24:04-05:00February 19th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL/STAGE KISS

An excellent performance and a moving piece of theater awaits you in Lowell at the MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE! The legend who is Billie Holiday comes alive thanks to Jenece Upton who embodies the singer's tragic history and indelible vocals. Written by Lanie Robertson and directed by Candice Handy, LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL [...]

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