FRENCH WORK OUT!!!
Taking it off with the French!!
Oct 22
2011
Oct 21
2011
THEATER REVIEW: TINY KUSHNER
Now at the BCA's Plaza Black Box Theatre Zeitgeist Stage is presenting the East Coast premiere of five short plays by Tony Kushner called TINY KUSHNER. If only the plays were as succinct as that title; they're short all right, but the word count is long. Pultizer Prize winning dramatist Tony Kushner -- famed for [...]
Oct 21
2011
THEATER REVIEW: WOMEN OF WILL
Tina Packer's tour de force WOMEN OF WILL : THE OVERVIEW is now playing at the Central Square Theater presented by The Nora Theatre Company! "WOMEN OF WILL." is an exploration of Shakespeare's art and psyche through his female characters, from Juliet to Lear's daughters. The title itself cuts many ways (women of "Will" Shakespeare, [...]
Oct 21
2011
THEATER REVIEW: COLLECTED STORIES
If you want plenty to think and argue about, you MUST see the compelling COLLECTED STORIES at the NEW REP in Watertown! Bobbie Steinbach and Liz Hayes take Pulitzer Prize- winning playwright Donald Margulies' play about a famous author and her protegee, and wrap it around their little fingers. Through these very carefully calibrated performances [...]
Oct 21
2011
THEATER REVIEW: TWELFTH NIGHT!
I've seen 4 plays over the last ten days-- here's the latest: TWELFTH NIGHT, Shakespeare's hilarious romp about a shipwreck that leaves siblings disguised and lovers mismatched, all of them adrift on a storm-tossed shore--until they find themselves and each other. Marvelously directed by Melia Bensussen with a big slip and slide of a wet set, [...]
Oct 19
2011
SAX AXED!!
Today I was alerted to the latest news out of Raynham by a fan--Betty Reed-- who wrote the following: " I was incensed when I read about this boy, prohibited from bringing his saxophone on the bus. It is the most absurd reason yet for not supporting music." Then I read the article and was [...]
Oct 17
2011
QUICK PIC!
My fabulous friend/producer/web companion, the "Magnificent Marji" Borkow just returned from a whirlwind trip to Hollywood and discovered her new favorite corner in Beverly Hills (her previous fave was 3rd and Doheny: The Four Seasons Hotel!!!!) We pass it on to you! She swears she saw a mockingbird fly by.....
Oct 15
2011
MOVIE REVIEW: THE BIG YEAR
THE BIG YEAR is a small miracle of a movie. It makes watching birds downright THRILLING! From pipits to plovers, bobolinks to boobies, gulls to godwits, and titmice to tanagers -- stop me before I go cuckoo...THE BIG YEAR is a quietly funny, absorbing flight of fancy that made my heart take wing! I, who [...]
Oct 15
2011
WEEKEND TIPS: onstage & screen
This Saturday is your last chance to see a New England Premiere over at the SpeakEasy Stage: their excellent production of 2010 Tony nominee for best play NEXT FALL! The drama pivots on the relationship between Adam, an atheist, and Luke a practicing Christian. It's about the complexities of love and religion, the nature of [...]
Oct 13
2011
NEWS WORTHY!
When it comes to your medical care-- are you a believer or a doubter? A minimalist or a maximalist? Do you read every last side effect in the fine print on the bottle--and then NOT take the medicine? Or do you treat every sniffle like it might be pneumonia? Well last night I interviewed the [...]