Once upon a time...there was a brilliant Tony Award-winning musical INTO THE WOODS by the late great Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine which won three Tony's its first time out. Now its first acclaimed Broadway production in 20 years has made its way from the great white way to Boston's Colonial Theatre with much of [...]
OK. I just saw the most exhilarating show of the season-- and YOU MUST SEE IT too! Presented by The Huntington in association with Front Porch Arts Collective: K-I-S-S-I-N-G is as sweet and lovely as that little jingle suggests- audience and actors "sittin' in a tree" in love with life and possibility! Supported by our [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Focus Features film "INSIDE" Wednesday, March 15th, 7pm @ AMC Boston Common! RSVP HERE TO GET YOU FREE PASSES AT TicktBox Link: https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JOYCESCHOICESINSIDE RELEASE DATE: In Theaters on Friday, March 17th, 2023 Director: Vasilis Katsoupis Writer: Ben Hopkins Producers: Giorgos Karnavas, [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Hero Partners & Howling Wolf Films' feature "SPINNING GOLD" on Wednesday, March 29th at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common! RSVP for TICKETS HERE: https://gofobo.com/JoycesChoicesSG. Running time: 2 hours Release Date: March 31st MPA Rating: R Written, Directed, and Produced by Timothy Scott [...]
Imagine over an hour of watching someone working flat out, every minute, center stage, almost desperate to hold our attention and make a point. Exhausting. And the teller? British Actress Clare Perkins in the title role and she is undeniably talented. The tale? The one told by Chaucer's bawdy, outspoken "The Wife of Bath" here [...]
Otherness. The state of being unlike whoever "we" think we are and all the issues that follow -- fear, power, safety-- are the hyper-relevant themes of two recent plays. Both works challenge the outsize dominance of "whiteness" over the non-white global majority, and one play requires the white minority not only to see itself, but [...]
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO FOCUS FEATURES FILM "CHAMPIONS" Wednesday, March 1st, 7pm @ AMC Boston Common! LINK TO DOWNLOAD TICKETS https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JOYCESCHOICESCHAMPIONS Focus Features will release CHAMPIONS nationwide in theaters on Friday, March 10th Director: Bobby Farrelly Writer: Mark Rizzo Producers: Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Jeremy Plager Executive Producers: Woody Harrelson, Brad Kessell, Alexander [...]
A haunting and beautiful production of playwright August Wilson's most ruminative work, SEVEN GUITARS, is now onstage in the heart of Roxbury at historic Hibernian Hall. Mounted by Actors' Shakespeare Project with a compelling ensemble cast and directed by resident company member and award-winning actor/director Maurice Emmanuel Parent, the production is a glowing ember in [...]
The news is out! The BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION of which I am proud to be President has officially announced that our season-end extravaganza known as The Elliot Norton Awards honoring the best of greater Boston theater is back LIVE and IN PERSON after three years! The Boston Globe ran the story today-- READ IT [...]
TWO WORLD PREMIERES hit the stage in Boston-- BOTH very much worth seeing. While not perfect, these works live at the edge of what's happening now, reminding us with urgency of what we already know and need to address. THE ART OF BURNING is onstage now at Huntington's Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. It's [...]
