Back from Beijing and caught a breezy three and a half hour production over at Emerson's Paramount Theater about drinking, brawling, random sex....THE CHARLIE SHEEN STORY??? No. Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises." It was brought to us by ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE the same wonderful company that gave us last season's splendid GATZ, a verbatim performance [...]
"The marvelous Marji says our little caper went off without a hitch; she was able to post my first blog from Chairman Mao's homeland quite easily. Speaking of the Chairman, we tried to view Mao's refrigerated body today in Tian'an Men Square, but we missed the appropriate viewing time. Will try again. Tian'an Men Square [...]
"So here I am in Beijing! Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Blogger and other things are all blocked here. Thus, the marvelous Marji Borkow is helping me circumvent the Red Chinese by posting this blog for me! I've been here a week, and so far no one has heard of Charlie Sheen. Perhaps there's something to be [...]
Many people have taken a crack at Henrik Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE over the centuries, but this time instead of an outraged public, or half-cocked critics, it's a playwright herself--Theresa Rebeck (of MAURITIUS and BAD DATES fame)who has set her contemporary sights on Nora and Torvald. In the New Rep Theatre production of DOLLHOUSE they [...]
OK. I changed my mind about James Franco. That and other observations as I discussed the botched Oscar telecast with Jared Bowen this week on Emily Rooney's radio show on WGBH!
I love the sight of James Franco in the morning....!He's got a big Oscar night ahead but this is how he began today...
This Sunday is jam-packed so listen up! Three big events going on! Start out at CLUB CAFE with LULLABY FOR BROADWAY!! Click on the poster above! Next, head on over to THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE where STAGESOURCE is presenting: ***HOMEGROWN:THE BOSTON THEATRE CONFERENCE 2011! 2/27-28 at THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE!! Chef Barbara Lynch --you've tasted her inventive [...]
Ms. Portman may win the Oscar for BLACK SWAN, but China rules the roost when it comes to death defying feats of ballet. I have NEVER seen ANYTHING like what you are about to see in the following video from the People's Republic by way of You Tube: 100 acrobats and dancers from the Chinese [...]
Sunday's the big night and you're all invited to Joyce and Marji's Online Oscar Party! We'll be tweeting about every number, celeb, gown, winner, loser, and assorted gaffs and triumphs! But all we can do for now is prognosticate--so here's how I see the biggest reality contest in the world shaping up in the major [...]
Fellini began it with Marcello on the big screen when it was "8 1/2." Then Tommy Tune had his way with it on Broadway after Katherine Hepburn gave it a nudge and it became the Tony Award winning musical "NINE." In 2009 that musical hit the big screen with Daniel Day Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole [...]
