See THE MET OPERA live onscreen at the movies! JoycesChoices followers have been invited by FATHOM EVENTS to enter to win FREE passes to attend THE MET LIVE: LA DONNA DEL LAGO- live on March 14 and/or the encore performance on March 18. Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of [...]
What could be better than a tragic love story on a cold winter night? How about one that's also funny, hot, and funky--and will still tear your heart out!? That's KNEE HIGH'S TRISTAN & YSEULT now onstage at ArtsEmerson's Cutler Majestic, fresh from the UK, and I do mean fresh. Kneehigh lives between Monty Python and grand opera. Here, they take this classic [...]
DO NOT MISS one of the best actresses in this or ANY town in a bravura one woman show: GROUNDED about a female fighter pilot navigating charted and uncharted territory. It FLOORED me. Every pun intended. Presented by THE NORA THEATRE COMPANY at Cambridge's Central Square Theater, GROUNDED stars CELESTE OLIVA who steers us through a physical, emotional, psychological and ultimately spiritual journey without ever leaving her seat; I'm [...]
The 33rd Elliot Norton Awards: Monday May 11 at SHUBERT THEATRE will honor "Orange is the New Black" Actress and Comedian LEA DELARIA! Photo credit: Denis Largeron Acclaimed actress and comedian Lea DeLaria will be the Guest of Honor at the 33rd annual Elliot Norton Awards on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7 PM, at Boston’s Citi [...]
Yes it's been a long cold winter -- but let's not focus on that-- how about a movie to pull our focus so that we don't even notice! Which brings me to FOCUS starring one of the world's biggest box office stars WILL SMITH and gorgeous Aussie MARGOT ROBBIE, who left the wolves howling on Wall Street [...]
THIS JUST IN: BEAUTIFUL, MATILDA THE MUSICAL, IF/THEN, PIPPIN and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA headline the 2015-2016 Broadway In Boston Season! A new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST returns and back by popular demand - THE BOOK OF MORMON!! Broadway In Boston revealed today its 2015-2016 Lexus Broadway Season which will feature [...]
And the shows go on!! If you can make your way through the piles of white stuff-- there's lot to warm your heart out there on stage. Here's what I've seen recently: INTIMATE APPAREL: This is a warm, wise tale about about an African-American seamstress's hopes and dreams unfolding against the huge historical changes afoot at [...]
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE is the ultimate fractured fairy tale: A "tour de force" turned "turd de force." And if you're recoiling at that turn of phrase- just wait until you get to "the end" of the movie. What begins as a witty, exciting, and inventive update on the iconic James Bond gentleman spy thriller, descends into a crude gore fest that left me cringing in my seat. Keep in [...]
The Royal Opera Ballet Cinema Series one night showings at a Boston area theater: SWAN LAKE on Thursday March 19, and La Fille Mal Gardee on Tuesday May 5! TO ENTER-TO-WIN TICKETS PLEASE E-MAIL FATHOMEVENTSBOSTON@GMAIL.COM WITH YOUR FULL NAME, AGE, MAILING ADDRESS AND “JOYCE-BALLET ” IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Swan Lake March 19 Swan Lake, surely [...]
I liked the movie FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. There I said it--and I can already hear the PC police getting their panties in a twist. (Don't even get me started on the Mt. Holyoke College student group who cancelled a production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES because it wasn't inclusive of trans women. Moronic.) Indeed, the entire [...]
