The scandal broke on January 6, 2002 the Feast of the Epiphany-- and what a revelation. On that Sunday, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team released the first in a series of articles that would earn them a Pulitzer Prize, and cast light on a story that had been festering in the dark corners of Catholic parishes around Massachusetts for decades: priests had been [...]
Switzerland didn't do it until 1971: grant women the right to vote. "Impossible!" you say. Well, it's just one of the astonishing facts revealed in SUFFRAGETTE, a new film about the early struggle of women to win the right to vote. To be heard. To have a say. To be considered worthy of being listened to. To [...]
WIN complimentary passes to the Fathom Event: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST! Enter to win by emailing fathomeventsboston@gmail.com with “EARNEST – JOYCE’S CHOICES” in the subject line. 5 admit 2 winners will be selected and emailed their complimentary passes. Passes will be valid for the Showcase Cinema De Lux Patriot Place in Foxborough MA. For more [...]
Get right over to SPEAKEASY STAGE for a glimpse into a world you've probably never seen before. You may think you have, but you haven't. Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein has written his first play in 30 years. The Tony- nominated Best Play CASA VALENTINA is a real eye opener, hilarious, heart-wrenching, vibrantly directed by Scott Edmiston, and starring some [...]
In an era of rampant consumerism, a bloated blogosphere, Trump-eted messaging through thousands of media outlets, and pervasive psychic indigestion, it might be difficult to unplug and sit still long enough to hear the quiet simple message of the film A SMALL GOOD THING. It is. Local Academy Award-winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll (BORN INTO BROTHELS 2004) here directs a [...]
There is an absolutely no holds barred, heart-breaking production of WEST SIDE STORY presented by Fiddlehead Theatre Company now playing at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester for six performances only. You MUST make time to see it. I'm talking thrilling voices and choreography, a beautiful, evocative set, and vibrantly staged production numbers that make use [...]
ALERT!!! MORE really good things to see onstage in Boston! First, brush up your physics and prepare to play with Schrodinger's cat as you head over to Central Square Theater in Cambridge (Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Programs) to take in one of my favorite plays, Michael Frayn's brilliant COPENHAGEN! This is the best production of the play in recent memory, and it [...]
TWO MUSICALS now onstage in the area will leave you thoroughly entertained and kicking up your heels: CINDERELLA downtown at the Boston Opera House, and BILLY ELLIOT up at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly. Grab the kids and go and you'll ALL have a good time! These are excellent productions, wonderfully staged with live orchestras and a [...]
THE SECOND MOTHER, Brazil's entry as Best Foreign Language film at the 88th Annual Oscars--is a warm-hearted superbly acted, insightfully scripted tale about motherhood across class boundaries-- that literally knows no bounds. Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live-in housekeeper/nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of [...]
THE MARTIAN or (How a Geeked-out Gardener Saved His Own Life) stars our most down to earth actor in an out of this world saga that grabs us in its first few minutes, takes us on a wild ride, and features a signature performance in one of the best films of the year to date. MATT DAMON-- yeah, I love him, you love him-- [...]
