My head is spinning between Oscar nominations-- an exceptional batch of movies this year--and theater which stretches the boundaries. Though it's only here til Sunday-- I loved it so much I couldn't resist writing about it! Read on... MUST SEE: MOBY DICK-- with puppets!! Wait, what? This production is a marvel, somewhere between stagecraft and [...]
The American Repertory Theater's world premiere "musical reckoning" of Melville's masterpiece MOBY DICK is nothing to sneeze at. And yet, that's what I did in the penultimate moments of this 3 1/2 hour magnum opus; my attempt to stifle a freakish, out of the blue, nasal explosion backfired, and to my utter shock and awe, [...]
MORE great theater in town--this time at SpeakEasy Stage Company which presents the New England premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's off-broadway hit THE WHALE. Superbly cast and tackling a profusion of problems, the show rivets us with its initial image. But first-- we hear the ocean; then we see a 600 pound man sitting center stage [...]
