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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.
Feb 13 2025

THEATER: FUNNY GIRL

By |2025-02-13T14:51:17-05:00February 13th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on THEATER: FUNNY GIRL

There's nothing funny about the current touring company production of FUNNY GIRL presented by Broadway In Boston and now onstage at CITIZENS OPERA HOUSE. It embodies everything that can go wrong with touring company productions: skimpy sets, costumes, and routine performances. Let it be said I LOVE THIS MUSICAL (Jule Styne/Music, Bob Merrill/Lyrics) which hangs [...]

Feb 04 2025

MOVIE: FREE SCREENING / LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY

By |2025-02-13T14:53:03-05:00February 4th, 2025|Celebrity Interviews, Documentary, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Musicals|Comments Off on MOVIE: FREE SCREENING / LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO WIN FREE TIX TO SCREEN ZEITGEIST FILMS:    "LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY" FRIDAY 2/7 REGENT THEATRE, 7 MEDFORD STREET, ARLINGTON MA. 02474 Followed by Q & A with director Bruce David Klein!    The first four people to respond by E-Mailing: marketing@regenttheatre.com will get a pair of [...]

Feb 03 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: PADDINGTON IN PERU

By |2025-02-13T14:53:37-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Action & Adventure, Animation, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Family, Kids, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: PADDINGTON IN PERU

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF SONY PICTURES RELEASE:  PADDINGTON IN PERU  Saturday, February 8th at 2:00 PM at AMC Boston Common 19 Watch the trailer here!   RSVP for PASSES HERE! Synopsis Full of Paddington’s signature blend of wit, charm, and laugh-out-loud humor, Paddington in Peru finds the beloved, marmalade-loving bear lost in [...]

Feb 01 2025

THEATER: AIN’T NO MO’

By |2025-02-01T23:02:54-05:00February 1st, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: AIN’T NO MO’

Buckle up buttercup and get ready for the most courageous and outrageous show I've seen so far this year. AIN'T NO MO' presented by  SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective, a winner of six Tony nominations including Best Play 2023, written by the youngest Black American Playwright nominated for a Tony Award, Jordan E. [...]

Jan 28 2025

THEATER: THE PIANO LESSON/PETER PAN

By |2025-01-30T14:01:16-05:00January 28th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE PIANO LESSON/PETER PAN

I'm just back from a winter break catching up with a couple of productions--and the best of what's now onstage is easily August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama THE PIANO LESSON. It is yet another transfixing production mounted by Actors' Shakespeare Project in partnership with HIBERNIAN HALL with an exceptional ensemble bringing visceral life to August [...]

Jan 21 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: DOG MAN

By |2025-01-28T23:53:38-05:00January 21st, 2025|Animation, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Family, Kids, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: DOG MAN

YOUR ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES "DOG MAN" Saturday, January 25th at 11:00 AM at AMC Boston Common 19 Click here for TRAILER    CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR FIRST COME FIRST SERVED SEAT PASSES: https://gofobo.com/ekJKb77952 Genre: Animated Action Comedy Cast: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, [...]

Dec 22 2024

THEATER: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER

By |2024-12-23T10:50:11-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER

This show is a revelation and gift! TAP into the holidays with a world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER! Ayodele (like "deli") Casel whom we last saw in 2022 at the ART chasing magic, wrote and choreographed this show, directed by longtime collaborator Torya Beard. The production [...]

Dec 20 2024

THEATER: ROSEMARY’S BABY JESUS

By |2024-12-23T16:16:30-05:00December 20th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: ROSEMARY’S BABY JESUS

Must see this IMMEDIATELY --without the kids-- and it closes this weekend: ROSEMARY'S BABY JESUS. It's the Gold Dust Orphans' annual Christmas musical spectacular! DESPITE the bawdy send up of Roman Polanski's horror classic "Rosemary's Baby" about a young married couple starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse whose neighbors turn [...]

Dec 16 2024

THEATER: CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By |2024-12-16T23:37:49-05:00December 16th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A new holiday treat has arrived on the Boston scene -- an enduring story which never fails to move me. It cuts right through the Christmas chaos, and gets to the heart of the season: CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's inaugural production of this touching tale, is an instant classic! Company artistic [...]

Dec 10 2024

MOVIE: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

By |2024-12-11T10:03:35-05:00December 10th, 2024|Drama, Movies, Musicals|Comments Off on MOVIE: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

I know this about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: Timothee Chalamet nails it. The new biopic charts poet, musician, Nobel Prize-winner Bob Dylan’s subterranean landing in the middle of the last century, like a depth charge still rippling through time and cultural space.  Just voted BEST ACTOR by the Boston Society of Film Critics, Chalamet delivers the [...]

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