BOSTON BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER TAKES THE STAGE FOR ONE FINAL SEASON WITH CURRENT SETS AND COSTUMES New England’s Favorite Tradition Presented November 25 – December 31, 2011 Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker Returns in 2012 with New Sets and Costumes BOSTON, MA – Monday, November 7 – Boston Ballet presents Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker, voted in [...]
Couldn't wait to see TOWER HEIST. How much you like it will depend on how much you can't wait to see Eddie Murphy back on the big screen, and how much disbelief you are willing to suspend. My suspenders snapped. Eddie almost saved me. TOWER HEIST is built on a premise ripe for the times. [...]
Every day I get SO MUCH INFORMATION that's interesting, useful, funny-- so I've decided to pass along some of the best stuff! Here goes: THIS JUST IN... STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW At KENDALL SQUARE THEATER on November 16 & 17 and other select U.S. Theaters. For details and times can be found [...]
Here are a few extra "JoyceChoices" for the weekend NOVEMBER 4-5-6 & Monday NOV 7!(Clooney's latest!) FRIDAY (11/4) Don't miss internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, improviser and Steinway Artist DONAL FOX in a rare solo piano concert at the Regattabar Jazz Club Friday, November 4 for two shows 7:30PM and 10:00PM. Come hear Donal make Steinway's [...]
I've been without power for three days and could barely wait to post this-- I finally saw one of the BEST MOVIES out there right now: MARGIN CALL which portrays a long hard day in the life of an investment banking house -- not just any day-- the day in September 2008 when all the financial houses [...]
I LOVE discovering something new in my own back yard. In this case, it's something old, and not quite in my own back yard-- but almost. A few weeks ago, I found myself sitting at the coolest little venue out in historic Shirley, Mass, a hidden gem that's actually been around as a tavern-- since [...]
And speaking of drag queens (I was in my last post--See: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW) the SpeakEasy Stage Company has mounted the New England Premiere of the Off-Broadway hit comedy THE DIVINE SISTER about one of my favorite subjects: nuns. I almost became one. I ate slept and drank nuns. They lived next door to [...]
Just in time for Hallowe'en-- drag queens are invading our stages! If you pop on over to OBERON (part club, part theater) on the edge of Harvard Square, you'll be caught between a rocky horror and a hard place (...if you know what I mean.) at THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW!!!! The fabulous Ryan Landry founder [...]
READ THIS. Little by little women and girls all over the world are reclaiming themselves and their power. How women are valued is the barometer of a culture. Cheers to these courageous young women! 285 INDIAN GIRLS SHED 'UNWANTED' NAMES! -- reprinted from Yahoo! News MUMBAI, India (AP) — More than 200 Indian girls whose [...]
IT JUST OPENED! Don't miss MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, a dark and unrelenting psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen--younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley. If her performance here as a traumatized cult survivor is any indication, Elizabeth will henceforth stand on her own merit. The 23 year-old Olsen is built for screen stardom; lean yet [...]
