Sunday, December 9, 2012
Bob Cratchit Hangs with Christmas Present, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.This is year 13 for me in A Trolley Christmas Carol!The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 10:36AMThursday, November 22, 2012
A Perfect Pie, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:30AMSunday, October 28, 2012
Motley Crew, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 03:12PMTuesday, October 23, 2012
The Hub's theater scene is the subject of chatter on the Internet these days.HowlRound, the playwright-centered blog of Theater Commons, is focusing on Boston this week. There are gues…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 09:24PMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Trailer for my solo performance this fall. The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:24PMReports on New York International Fringe Festival shows Decompression, Mahmoud, and Would.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Pasadena Symphony and Pops has scheduled a free concert on the steps of Pasadena's City Hall Sept. 22 to celebrate the life and music of Marvin Hamlisch .
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:38PMFriday, August 10, 2012
101_0204, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:18AMThursday, July 26, 2012
A scene from 3C, David Adjmi's new play which is being sued by Three's Company.1. Playwright David Adjmi's new play 3C just closed in New York, but it may not see a revi…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:42PMMonday, July 23, 2012
Porter Square Black and White - E, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 02:26PMSunday, July 1, 2012
Peter Marks, writing in the Washington Post, thinks about the reasons we are seeing so many of the Bard's plays updated to 20th and 21st century settings. And he wonders about the cost…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 10:37AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Robert Brustein served as the moderator of a panel at the recent Theatre Communications Guild convention here in Boston. His opening remarks were published on The Huffington Post this …
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 02:13PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Tom Garvey, at The Hub Review, sees the gears of the free market existentially grinding away at the very idea of criticism: Now critics have always been under attack. Always have …
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:35AMMonday, June 4, 2012
Peir Sea Sun, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 02:28PMSunday, June 3, 2012
Recently, Harvard Business School published a report entitled What Makes a Critic Tick! The purpose of the report in the words of the authors was to "investigate the determinants of ex…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:59PMSaturday, June 2, 2012
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SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 10:47PMThere's a lot of discussion of the role of the critic swirling in the fringes of the media these days. A few weeks ago, A.O. Scott, the film critic for the New York Times, received a less th…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:34PMIn Slate, Jillian Goodman looks at the recent publication of two plays by Denis Johnson, who is a writer known more widely for his novels.Goodman uses the occasion to examine the pros and co…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:25AMFriday, June 1, 2012
In the Los Angeles Times, Charles McNulty reads into the current Tony nominations for Best Play.Earlier in the season I wrote a Critic's Notebook examining the difficulty dramatists were hav…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:03PMMonday, May 28, 2012
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SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:00PMFriday, May 25, 2012
Near Logan Airport - Airplane Coming in for a Landing Over Neptune Road Homes, a photo by The U.S. National Archives on Flickr.From the National ArchivesThe Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Thea…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:18AMThursday, May 17, 2012
Whatever the reason, the NBC lineup for next season is chockablock with actors who are appearing on Broadway or known for theater work. They include, in addition to Mr. Rannells and Mr. Gad,…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:37PMSaturday, May 12, 2012
Gray Sky Branches, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:02PMTuesday, April 24, 2012
I just got back from the Tribeca Film Festival, where I saw the world premiere of Rubberneck, an intense indie thriller set in the world of Boston science labs.It's directed by and sta…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:21PMThursday, April 12, 2012
Vineyard Flowers, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 04:59PMWednesday, April 11, 2012
The New York Times has a post-mortem on the closing of the recent MCC revival of the infamous musical Carrie, (which flopped on Broadway back in 1988.)But if you didn't get down to New York …
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:18AMSunday, April 8, 2012
The Huntington Theatre Company announced that Governor Deval Patrick has proclaimed today to be August Wilson Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. More here.The Mirror Up To Natur…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 04:49PMFriday, April 6, 2012
Father Pike has got you covered with this meditation on a famous story from John's Gospel.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 04:05PMSaturday, March 31, 2012
Given the number of things that can go wrong with a production, it’s no wonder that performers are a superstitious bunch. There are just some things you don’t do. Whistle backstage? Neve…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:23AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
The latest tour of the megahit musical Les Miserables is here in Boston. Currently, a big screen version is being filmed.Here is a video taken of Hugh Jackman as Valjean, tearing up his yel…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 05:14PMSunday, March 25, 2012
It seems Mike Daisey was also reflecting on the Chris Hayes piece I linked to this morning. He has now posted some thoughts on his own website. Here are just some of them:And I would l…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:02PM 
