It's BEDLAM out there and I am referring to the rambunctious and fantastically subversive theater troupe out of NYC who takes a hearty bite out of Shakespeare, or rather two bites of the same juicy apple. The Bard called his gender-bending comedy of love, manners, and female empowerment TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL. BEDLAM takes the title literally and [...]
This summer's movies have kept me running back to live theater instead. There's a lavish new production of SHOWBOAT that just docked at the Shubert Theatre, the inaugural production of the Fiddlehead Theatre Company's partnership with Citi Center-- and it's a stunning debut! I was struck by the beauty of the set before I ever heard a note from the enormous orchestra. [...]
WIN complimentary passes to the Fathom Event: MET SUMMER ENCORE SERIES! Enter to win by e-mailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with (name of the opera event/JOYCE) in the subject line. Please send your full name and e-mail address! 5 admit 2 winners will be selected for each opera and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid at Showcase Cinemas in Lowell [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a STX upcoming release “FREE STATE OF JONES” For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://stxtickets.com/qzotI68821 Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 7:00PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) ”FREE STATE OF JONES” Running Time: 139 Minutes Rated: “R” Opening Date: June 24, [...]
I have a new favorite musical and it's called MATILDA THE MUSICAL!!! This literate, darkly funny, empowering, and bizarrely inventive Tony award-winner just hit the Boston Opera House in its first national tour-- and don't you dare miss it! MATILDA THE MUSICAL is based on Roald Dahl's best-selling novel, and captures the writer's strange and shadowy sensibility, as [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Warner Brothers Pictures’ upcoming release “THE LEGEND OF TARZAN” For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.wbtickets.com/NeFHE15167 Monday, June 27, 2016 at 7:00PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) ”THE LEGEND OF TARZAN” Running Time: 109 Minutes Rated: “PG-13” Opening Date: [...]
Summer is in full swing on stages in and around Boston now including two classic musicals, and a trip on the Neverland! North Shore Music Theatre opens its season with FUNNY GIRL the 1963 musical starring Barbra Streisand who went on to win an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film version. I mention Streisand because of [...]
The TONYS are the new OSCARS. The 70th annual awards show honoring Broadway's best (click HERE for complete winners list) proved yet again what an eloquent, big-hearted, DIVERSE, and extraordinarily talented community theater artists belong to. Every night they take the stage and entertain, illuminate and inspire live audiences heart to heart, body and soul. (click HERE for ALL the performances) This [...]
The world premiere of I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU is firing on all cylinders and requires we be MOST ALIVE as an audience to every cue-- visual and aural-- as we witness this extraordinary ensemble wrestle with life's random cruelties. It's a potent evening presented by the Huntington Theatre Company at the BCA's Calderwood Pavilion [...]
Get ready for the first great entertainment at the movies this summer which trades comic book action heroes for the lords of legerdemain known as The Four Horsemen: NOW YOU SEE ME 2! I couldn't take my eyes off this movie which captures the magic of, well, magic! This elaborately tricky plot unfurled itself in double time, criss-crossing the globe while filling every inch [...]
