I love nuns. I love great voices. So there are the two reasons I was able to sit through the absolutely ridiculous Tony-nominated musical SISTER ACT which just opened at The Boston Opera House. Whoopi starred in the film (the pitch meeting:"We'll take a bunch a nuns, dress 'em in sequins and make em sing [...]
So much to see, so little time-- here are few more productions in order of preference beginning with: 33 VARIATIONS--This lovely and satisfying production at the Lyric Stage, elegantly directed by Spiro Veloudos and written by Moises Kaufman, is a tale of two creative minds trying to solve a problem in a race against time. [...]
Begin the new year by seeing the powerful, complex, vividly staged and imagined INVISIBLE MAN. Ralph Ellison's towering novel of a black man's struggle for identity has been brilliantly adapted for the stage by Oren Jacoby. Every word is taken from Ellison's masterpiece, acutely and imaginatively directed by Christopher McElroen who has channeled the metaphorically [...]
My head's STILL spinning from Sunday night's 70th installment of THE GOLDEN GLOBES! What a wild night. BEN AFFLECK trumped the OSCAR snub by winning-- much to his and everyone else's amazement-- BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (drama) for ARGO. He then forgot to thank producer George Clooney with whom he was sitting all night. [...]
My husband remarked, that any show that needs a troupe of circus performers to liven it up couldn't be much of a show to begin with. He has a point. PIPPIN-- the 1972 Tony Award-winning musical is once again headed for Broadway in a new incarnation. The A.R.T.'s 40th Anniversary production certainly gets a lift [...]
There are THREE more good shows onstage in Boston RIGHT NOW that you should try to see before they close-- so hurry! MEMPHIS--The 2010 Tony Award-winning musical written by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan, and which began in Beverly, MA in 2003 at the North Shore Music Theatre, is inspired by the true story of [...]
Director David Cromer as Stage Manager in "Our Town" Do not miss a masterpiece onstage right now presented by the Huntington Theatre Company: OUR TOWN. There is no way to talk about this re-staging of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play without feeling the fullness of its resonance almost 75 years after it premiered on [...]
ArtsBoston Survey: Nearly 90 Percent of Bay Staters Would Be Excited to Get Performing Arts Tickets as Holiday Gifts!! 8 out of 10 Prefer Tickets to an Event Over “Stuff” for the Holidays. READ MORE So Now Thru Jan 1st Mayor Thomas Menino invites you to enjoy 9th Annual Mayor’s Holiday Special offering thousands of [...]
I had the loveliest experience at the theater this week--I wandered into the Paramount Center's intimate Black Box Theater where I found a woman, a grand piano, and a poignant tale of family, the holocaust, survival, and the profound effect of music on a life: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE. The star and solo performer [...]
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen has taken a crack at an all new production of Tchaikovsky's Christmas Ballet Classic: THE NUTCRACKER! All new sets, costumes, staging, and choreography marked this radiant world premiere production at Boston's Opera House on Friday November 23rd -opening night! I was among the very first people on the planet [...]
