TWO WORLD PREMIERES hit the stage in Boston-- BOTH very much worth seeing. While not perfect, these works live at the edge of what's happening now, reminding us with urgency of what we already know and need to address. THE ART OF BURNING is onstage now at Huntington's Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. It's [...]
The odds are being calculated and here's who's on top right now! According to AskGamblers, "searches for ‘stream Everything Everywhere All at Once’ exploded 667%, worldwide as of 24th of January 2023 after the Academy Award nominations were released with Everything Everywhere All at Once racking up eleven nominations – more than any other movie [...]
What a wild and strange year for films. It took forever to find its groove, most of the best films landing in a heap on our doorsteps this fall on their way to being swept into awards season. And there was no one film that critics seemed to coalesce around though several have made it [...]
Two to see as we head into Christmas WEEKEND! Moonbox productions continually grows in stature as a presenter of first-rate productions in a consistently excellent repertoire! This time it's Harvey Fierstein's classic TORCH SONG (Fierstein's 2017 reworked and reduced revival of "Torch Song Trilogy") with a funny, tender performance by Peter Mill as Arnold Beckoff [...]
'Tis the season to be jolly! From the sacred to the profane, you'll find it all onstage now--with MUSIC! Hang onto your hot cocoa and here we go. Head on up to Stoneham to see one of the best productions ever mounted by Greater Boston Stage Company: LITTLE WOMEN The Broadway Musical! It's Louisa [...]
THREE TO SEE ONSTAGE NOW: "SIX The Musical" at the Emerson Colonial Theatre! I first saw it at the American Repertory Theater in 2019, reviewed it then (read what I said here), and haven't changed my mind about its problems, but this time I enjoyed it more. It's won a pair of Tonys for original [...]
The theater season is off and running! Here's my take on three productions that kicked the Fall into high gear! The newly renovated Huntington Theatre has returned to its physical home on Huntington Ave and its artistic home with August Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, the first of his plays produced by the Huntington [...]
Two towering female performances have recently emerged which I can't get out of my head: Ana De Armas as Marilyn Monroe in BLONDE and Cate Blanchett as a world renowned conductor in TAR. I predict we'll see them both nominated for BEST ACTRESS OSCARS this season. Their methods and their madnesses are uniquely suited to [...]
Here's what I've seen onstage lately-- let this be a guide and a warning. DRACULA mounted by The Umbrella Stage Company in Concord, is seasonally appropriate with a twist. This version is playwright Kate Hamill's take on Bram Stoker's original which she dubs "A feminist revenge fantasy, really." I love a little Dracula and some [...]
What a dull summer at the movies. TOP GUN was a rousing entertainment-- just what I wanted to kick off the season. But I was soon disappointed by Jordan Peele's peculiarly flat horror-western-sci-fi mashup NOPE, despite a bunch of interesting ideas that never coalesced. NOPE took us back to the beginnings of film, [...]
