THE WINTER'S TALE is the ironic summer offering of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's FREE Shakespeare on Boston common. It has certainly been a season of surprises all around, and this play for me is one of them. I had never seen nor read it, had no idea where it was going or how it would get [...]
It is always magical. Since 1937, Tanglewood has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra when the Berkshires are alive with the sound of music! Picture 500 acres of rolling green ringed with the most beautiful hemlock hedgerows I've ever seen! Tanglewood is not only the site of a world-renowned summer music festival, [...]
THELMA is one of the most enjoyable movies of the summer with much to say about how the elderly and young adults are infantilized in this coddling culture. The plot involves one Thelma Post, a 93 year-old grandmother living on her own in L.A. when she is conned out of $10,000 by a phone scammer [...]
DADDIO: A young woman gets into a NYC cab and by the time she gets out, she and the driver have traveled to places neither of them expected. The conversation propels them into parts unknown courtesy of revelatory performances by Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn all within the confines of a taxi from the airport [...]
Back from vacation as I continue my reviews of the 7 plays I've seen in the last 10 days! In addition to yesterday's Must Sees, here's my take on what to see before they close: L .to R. Anthony Pires, Jr., Sheree Marcelle, Diego Cintron NEXT TO NORMAL: An outstanding, moving, smart production [...]
There are three shows currently onstage that are MUST SEES: A.R.T.s GATSBY, Arlekin's THE DYBBUK, Broadway in Boston's MJ. These are among the finest productions ever mounted in greater Boston, all companies operating at the top of their game. photo credit: Julieta Cervantes GATSBY is the much anticipated world premiere musical based F.Scott [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of the Amazon Prime Video release I AM CELINE DION. Monday, June 17, 8:00PM, AMC Assembly Row RSVP HERE TO DOWNLOAD TICKETS: https://amazonscreenings.com/IAMCELINEDIONASSEMBLY Synopsis: Directed by Academy Award nominee Irene Taylor, I AM: CELINE DION gives us a raw and honest behind-the-scenes look [...]
I'd never heard of Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball on a man’s team in the Negro Leagues, but TONI STONE is now onstage presented by THE HUNTINGTON through June 16 and a CRITICS PICK! Admittedly, I know little about baseball and its history but I have heard of Babe Ruth and [...]
A modern, moving take on those quintessential tragic young lovers awaits at the Calderwood Pavilion. Actors' Shakespeare Project has mounted a cool, even funny, and undeniably heartbreaking version of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by talented actress/director Marianna Bassham who has her finger on the pulse of Shakespeare's lines and her cast's youthful energy and [...]
It’s official. The NORTIES are now the hottest ticket in town! This was the biggest turnout ever to applaud our brilliant, passionate, hardworking, and simply splendid theater community. This year, more individuals, organizations, and businesses from all over greater Boston and beyond stepped up to join the BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION to support, sponsor, and [...]
