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About Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment Anchor for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), was honored with the 2010 Governor’s Award at the N.E. Emmys for her distinguished broadcasting career. Joyce is currently President of the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA), a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and appears on Boston’s local NPR station GBH radio 89.7 on THE CULTURE SHOW weekdays at 2PM. Find her reviews at JoycesChoices.com. As the first arts reporter/critic in the U.S. to appear every weeknight as part of a local TV news team, she gave journalistic stature to arts reporting, covering local and national events live from the red carpet at the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys. Kulhawik has also co-hosted nationally syndicated movie-review programs with Roger Ebert. A three-time cancer survivor, Kulhawik testified before Congress on the 20th Anniversary of The National Cancer Act. The American Cancer Society has honored Kulhawik with its National Bronze Medal for her work. A dynamic motivational speaker on the arts, cancer survival, and women's leadership, Joyce emcees the Simmons University Leadership Conference in the US and abroad. Kulhawik received an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from Simmons University.
Apr 28 2026

MOVIE: FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “THE SHEEP DETECTIVES”

By |2026-05-14T01:51:02-04:00April 28th, 2026|Comedy, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Family, Fantasy, Kids, Movies, Trailers|Comments Off on MOVIE: FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “THE SHEEP DETECTIVES”

I love sheep. They are so sweet and funny. When I saw the trailer to THE SHEEP DETECTIVES I lost it. Can't wait to see it! NOW you and your family are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of  MGM release: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES starring Hugh Jackman and based on the novel "Three Bags Full" [...]

Apr 17 2026

THEATER: BREAKING THE CODE

By |2026-04-17T19:24:44-04:00April 17th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: BREAKING THE CODE

I was struck by how moving this production of BREAKING THE CODE-- Hugh Whitemore's 1986 play now onstage at Central Square Theater-- still is! In the hands of an excellent cast, elegantly directed by Scott Edmiston, beautifully lit and simply staged with an updated epilogue by Neil Bartlett, the play remains an acutely relevant real [...]

Apr 16 2026

2026 ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS : NOMINATIONS & PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED!

By |2026-04-16T14:13:58-04:00April 16th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on 2026 ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS : NOMINATIONS & PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED!

More than 130 nominations in over two dozen categories of outstanding actors, directors, designers, choreographers, musicians, and productions and five awards for visiting productions were announced today by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA of which I am proud to be president!) for the 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards.  The awards ceremony will be held [...]

Apr 14 2026

THEATER: WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL

By |2026-04-15T17:53:12-04:00April 14th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL

WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL is now having its world premiere onstage at The Huntington Theatre! The title, if not suggestive of a common occurrence, must surely be an everyday impulse. This semi-uproarious comedy by Matthew Lombardo was inspired by a real life backstage/onstage drama to which Bostonians had a front row seat in the summer of [...]

Apr 02 2026

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: YOU, ME & TUSCANY

By |2026-04-16T11:26:25-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Comedy, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Romance, Trailers|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: YOU, ME & TUSCANY

You are cordially invited to attend a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Universal Pictures release: YOU, ME & TUSCANY : Tuesday, April 7th at AMC Boston Common Trailer  First come first served ticket link HERE! Sometimes the wrong place is right where you need to be. From Will Packer, the blockbuster producer of Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, and ten [...]

Mar 20 2026

THEATER: SUFFS

By |2026-03-23T14:35:35-04:00March 20th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: SUFFS

I had my socks knocked off last night by SUFFS a show which hits like a thunderbolt across history re-igniting our own fraught fight for social justice! SUFFS now onstage at THE EMERSON COLONIAL THEATRE is a stirring call to action, enacted by a glorious cast who deliver the history of women's suffrage with fire [...]

Mar 15 2026

OSCAR PREDICTIONS — Last minute thoughts

By |2026-03-15T15:12:57-04:00March 15th, 2026|Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic & Historical, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Movies, Musicals, Romance|Comments Off on OSCAR PREDICTIONS — Last minute thoughts

I can't wait for tonight's OSCARS telecast-- earlier than usual-- 7PM on ABC or HULU with Boston's own CONAN O'BRIEN helming the show with pitch perfect acumen! But the fashion show starts on the Red carpet at 6!  This year's outcomes are still pretty much up in the air with only one category in the [...]

Mar 14 2026

THEATER: STEREOPHONIC/THE ANTIQUITIES

By |2026-03-14T18:03:59-04:00March 14th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: STEREOPHONIC/THE ANTIQUITIES

I have been at the theater every night this week and sometimes twice a day. Here are two of the best of what I've seen and how I see it: STEREOPHONIC: A masterpiece--from concept to execution. It's what happens when you lock a 70's rock band and two engineers in a recording studio until they [...]

Mar 06 2026

MOVIE: WUTHERING HEIGHTS

By |2026-03-06T21:09:49-05:00March 6th, 2026|Drama, Movies, Romance|Comments Off on MOVIE: WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's WUTHERING HEIGHTS has sent folks into an absolute frenzy. Some Gen Z-ers have reportedly collapsed in fits of weeping at the "unexpected" (!!) death of its heroine! Hilarious. Others are affronted by all that heaving sex in the barn, on the moors, in the rain....a departure from the only [...]

Feb 24 2026

THEATER: THE MODERATE/ WE HAD A WORLD

By |2026-02-25T14:25:23-05:00February 24th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: THE MODERATE/ WE HAD A WORLD

Two to see -- after the storm! THE MODERATE  now onstage at Central Square Theater is a tale of toxicity from within and without, mirrored by the darkest corners of the web. Ken Urban's play - A catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production--plunks us down in the middle of a multilayered crisis: internal and external,  physical and spiritual, [...]

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