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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.
Oct 17 2023

THEATER: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

By |2023-10-17T15:08:28-04:00October 17th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET kicks off the soft opening of a new performance space in Harvard Square. What used to be the A.R.T.'s second stage Club Oberon is now ARROW STREET ARTS home to Moonbox Productions which delivers a well-sung but awkwardly-mounted production of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical. The cast [...]

Oct 14 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”

By |2023-10-19T16:04:29-04:00October 14th, 2023|Drama, Epic & Historical, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Thriller, Western|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF APPLE TV+ AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES RELEASE: "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON" Tuesday, October 17th at AMC Boston Common at 7:00 p.m Click here to RSVP and claim tickets: https://gofobo.com/VDTBA40619 Synopsis: Killers of the Flower Moon" is an epic western crime saga, where real love [...]

Oct 11 2023

MOVIES: THE ROAD DANCE, THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

By |2023-10-12T16:36:15-04:00October 11th, 2023|Drama, Movies, Thriller, War|0 Comments

FALL drops us into the season for serious movie-going. Most of the best films and performances of the year, many of which will turn up during awards season, are being released now through December. Here are two I can recommend-- with lots more to come in the next few weeks! THE ROAD DANCE [...]

Oct 02 2023

THEATER: FAT HAM

By |2023-10-02T17:05:24-04:00October 2nd, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

The Huntington in association with Alliance Theatre and Front Porch Arts Collective has kicked off its seventh season at the BCA Calderwood Pavilion with a brilliant production of the wildly funny and wise FAT HAM!  This show which has already been extended through October 29, marks yet another chapter in a remarkable and eye-opening collaboration [...]

Sep 28 2023

THEATER: ASSASSINS/ DIASPORA

By |2023-09-28T23:59:07-04:00September 28th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Theater continues busting out all over Boston and beyond-- here's my take on what I've seen lately: ASSASSINS: Lyric Stage has kicked off its season with a first-rate production of this lesser-known Stephen Sondheim musical, book by John Weidman, about 9 real-life assassins or wanna be's who each tried to or succeeded in killing a [...]

Sep 20 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: FLORA AND SON

By |2023-10-02T17:07:23-04:00September 20th, 2023|Comedy, Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF APPLE TV+ RELEASE  "FLORA AND SON"  Wednesday, September 27thstarting at 6:30 pm at the Somerville Theater.  RSVP FOR TICKETS HERE: https://appletvscreenings.com/movie_landing/RVF1YU4xNDI5MA%3D%3D Synopsis:  Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by [...]

Sep 20 2023

THEATER: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

By |2023-09-20T23:32:26-04:00September 20th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

The theater season continues to explode like fireworks on the horizon. The Huntington season opener is a fleet and ferocious production tackling all the tough questions about the relentless scourge of antisemitism in a civilized society, and demands to be seen now. That it does so with equal parts humor and heartbreak is miraculous.  PRAYER [...]

Sep 16 2023

THEATER: A RAISIN IN THE SUN/THE HALFGOD OF RAINFALL

By |2023-09-16T11:25:29-04:00September 16th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

The Fall Theater season is off and running and it's all about the ills our generation is heir to. Here's my take on two of the productions which have kicked off the season! Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Joshua Mckenna, Juanita A. Rodrigues, Valyn Lyric Turner, Damon Singletary, & Jon Vellante/Photo: Ken Yotsukura Photography A [...]

Aug 30 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3”

By |2023-09-16T11:26:15-04:00August 30th, 2023|Comedy, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Romance|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF FOCUS FEATURES RELEASE: "MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3" SCREENING DETAILS Wednesday, September 6 @ 7:30pm AMC BOSTON COMMON TICKET LINK https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesMBFGW3 Release Date: Nationwide In-Theaters on Friday, September 8th Writer/Director: Nia Vardalos Producers: Rita Wilson, p.g.a., Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman Executive Producers: Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, [...]

Aug 24 2023

FREE VIRTUAL ADVANCE SCREENING: “SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE”

By |2023-09-16T11:26:49-04:00August 24th, 2023|Comedy, Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies|0 Comments

You are cordially invited to a special VIRTUAL advance screening of SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE! Thursday, August 31 at 7:30PM You must register to receive the link to watch the film: https://amazonscreenings.com/CAKEjoyce  The link to watch the film will be sent on 8/31 and the film will start on your screen at 7:30 once [...]

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