The Huntington Theatre Company has given us a stirring production of the first play by an African-American woman ever produced on Broadway-- 54 years ago: Lorraine Hansberry's landmark "A Raisin in the Sun." The play tells the story of the African-American Younger family living in a cramped apartment on Chicago's South side in 1959. The [...]
CLYBOURNE PARK won the Tony for Best Play in 2012-- and it's hard to imagine a better production than what's onstage at the SpeakEasy right now! Bruce Norris's Pulitzer-Prize winning drama cracks open the racial divide and an earthquake of moral, ethical, familial and economic dilemmas reverberate through the echo chamber of history. The action [...]
Two shows on stage right now with a cast of two each, are both winners-- so for me it's two for two! LUNGS at the New Rep and STONES IN HIS POCKETS at the Lyric, convey a world of ideas and a world of characters with a simplicity of means. LUNGS begins and ends with [...]
You are cordially invited to a special screening in Cambridge! The TCM Classic Film Festival "Road To Hollywood" is bringing the TCM Classic Film Festival to Boston showing THE ROYAL WEDDING, Tuesday, March 12th at7:30PM at the Brattle Theatre. Film Historian and Author, Leonard Maltin will be hosting a Q&A after the event with special guest Jane [...]
Photo courtesy Michael von Redlich Listen up beautiful people-- The Gold Dust Orphans are back with a bang and this time they have some pretty big shoulders to fill. Joan Crawford did it in 1945 and Varla Jean Merman (Jeffrey Roberson) is doing it onstage right now at Machine: MILDRED FIERCE! To quote [...]
What a weird off kilter night. Let's begin with the host. HOST: Seth MacFarlane-got off to a good fresh start, loved his signing and dancing, but pacing evaded him; he gradually wore thin, and practically disappeared until he and the chirpy Kristin Chenoweth re-emerged for that last, depressing musical coda about the losers. Seth was [...]
Welcome to my new JOYCE'S :30 SECOND REVIEW of LINCOLN! If you don't have time to read my FULL TEXT REVIEW, and you want the bottom line fast, with VIDEO-- Check out my :30 Second Review! Let me know what you think!
Here's another one: my new :30 Second Review of ARGO! If you don't have time to read my FULL TEXT REVIEW and want the bottom line fast, with VIDEO-- check out Joyce's :30 Second Review! What do you think?
Welcome to my new Joyce's :30 Second Review! If you don't have time to read my FULL TEXT REVIEW and want the bottom line fast, with video-- Check out Joyce's :30 Second Review! Let me know what you think!
This Sunday, for the 85th time, Hollywood will honor its own in a global pageant known as the OSCARS! I love them. I love watching them. I covered them live in a multitude of gowns for 25 years from the red carpet. This year, I will be luxuriating in every tear, laugh, gaffe, sartorial snafu [...]
