What happens when you combine Greek myth and Italian farce?? Two operas within an opera:Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthall's ARIADNE AUF NAXOS--a BOSTON LYRIC OPERA presentation of Welsh National Opera's hilarious and moving production! It all begins when the"richest man in Vienna"commissions not one, but two works for his guests, AND a whizbang fireworks [...]
Just back from a kickass production of Joe Orton's ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE at Publick Theatre Boston! Four Brits directed by Eric Engel ignite this black comedy of cruelty, loneliness, repression, manipulation--it's a laugh riot!No kidding. With blackness to spare. A handsome young sexual sociopath--Mr. Sloane rents a room in a tidy chintz-infested English row house. [...]
The Huntington Theatre Company is currently running the two hottest productions onstage in town right now: STICK FLY which has just been extended until March 28th at the Calderwood Pavilion, and BECKY SHAW which just opened at Huntington's main stage last night! I'm still catching my breath--I saw them both in one day!!! STICK FLY [...]
I just saw two of the best productions in town!! First, get to the Colonial Theater for DREAMGIRLS!!It's not the explosive 1981 original pre-Broadway extravaganza starring Jennifer Holiday who had us screaming and crying and on our feet before the curtain came down on her volcanic first act closer. I was there. I will never [...]
The latest production by the Huntington Theatre Company is none other than Arthur Miller's classic ALL MY SONS--a powerful and remarkably timeless work that seems more relevant than ever. It's a play that pits the American dream against a larger ideal, and explodes the idea of family beyond the nuclear. Believe me--it packs a wallop. [...]
Tonight I re-discovered the coolest site--if you feel like shopping off the beaten path, say,online in Holland?!! Check this out--it has to be one of the cleverest ads I've ever seen. https://producten.hema.nl/ It got me thinking about some of my favorite things, people, and serendipitous occurrences-- Dutch. One of my absolute favorite painters?--Vermeer. One of [...]
