Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac. Photo by Gretjen Helene/A.R.T. If the end of the world were tomorrow, there's no one I'd rather have shuffle me off to Buffalo and back than Mandy Patinkin (in his A.R.T. debut) and Taylor Mac ("The Lily's Revenge") as a pair of waterlogged vaudevillians who tap their way ashore after a global [...]
photo: by Matt West From left, Boston Theater Critics Association president Joyce Kulhawik, Lea DeLaria and Ryan Landry on the red carpet at the Elliot Norton Awards. The dust has settled on the 33rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association, [...]
This Monday May 11, 7 PM you're all invited to the event I've been working on ALL YEAR -- THE NORTIES, more formally known as THE ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS onstage at THE SHUBERT THEATRE. (BUY TICKETS HERE!) It's the night The Boston Theater Critics Association passes out awards to our fabulous theater community, then passes out at a [...]
There's a lovely, touching production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK playing through this weekend, presented and performed by the acclaimed Boston Children's Theatre in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death. On stage at the Calderwood Pavilion, the BCT production is impressive not only because of its sophisticated [...]
Take a deep breath and prepare to be moved. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA the American classic by William Inge is now onstage in a breathtakingly poignant production that's just been extended by popular demand. This SHEBA is produced by the Huntington Theatre Company and directed by David Cromer who illuminated another classic "OUR TOWN" a few seasons back, and here works [...]
Fiddlehead Theatre Company is giving away 5 PAIRS of tickets to the opening night of Jesus Christ Superstar exclusively through Joyce’s Choices! Jesus Christ Superstar runs from April 24-May 3 at the historic Strand Theatre. Enter to win! Fiddlehead presents the Tony-Award winning rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, directed and costumed by Fiddlehead’s Associate Producing Artistic Director Stacey Stephens. Loosely based on the Gospels’ accounts of the [...]
Remember that famous number from GYPSY where three strippers advise a novice on how to take it all off, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick"? Well imagine now that it's three men (?) in burqas peeking through veiled flaps over heavily mascara-ed eyes singing "You Gotta Get a Burqa"! This is the kind of irreverence Ryan Landry and his Gold [...]
Fathom Events invites you to see the Royal Ballet Series’ LA FILLE MAL GARDEE which will be screened in select cinemas nationwide on Tuesday May 5! Enter to win one of 5 pairs of tickets to this event! WHEN: May 5th at 7PM WHERE: Lowell Showcase Cinema. HOW: Email fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with JOYCE’S CHOICES in the subject line [...]
Some EXCELLENT theater out there right now, and one production has a short shelf life so I'm starting with Robert Lepage's NEEDLES AND OPIUM presented by ArtsEmerson now dazzling audiences onstage at The Cutler Majestic. Attention, singers, actors, dancers, musicians, filmmakers, poets, architects, acrobats--imagine a giant cube in cross section, suspended in a black void, turning on a shifting axis, ceiling becoming floor, becoming [...]
THE NORTIE NOMS are out! The 33rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, "The Norties," presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association are Boston's version of the Tonys-- only ours are way cooler. The Norties honor the outstanding achievements of the Boston theater community and we want EVERYONE to buy a ticket and party with us on the big night this May! WGBH's Jared Bowen [...]
