Saturday, March 17, 2012
Dancers Travis Walker, Ashley Werhun, and John Michael Schert.Trey McIntyre has found - or rather created - an intriguing choreographic niche. Working with his eponymous Trey McIn…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:03PMFriday, March 16, 2012
I'd like to point out this note from Rob Schmitz, one of Daisey's interrogators:What makes this [This American Life's actions] a little complicated is that the things Daisey lied about seein…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:52PMThis American Life has suddenly announced that it is withdrawing its piece on Mike Daisey's The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, and will "devote its entire program this weekend to detailing…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:27PMEven though I haven't quite caught up with my reviewing, the forced cultural march continues this weekend. I hope to finally pen an assessment of Bakersfield Mist on Saturday, and…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:11PM"The Universes" perform Ameriville.Ameriville, by the Universes (Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal A. Chasten, and William Ruiz A.K.A. "Ninja," above) at ArtsEmerson through this weekend…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:06AMThursday, March 15, 2012
It was only a matter of time, I suppose. In case you've missed it, the familiar ethical issues surrounding blogging have just raised their collectively ugly head again - only this time…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:14PMJonathan Beyer and Steven Condy in The Barber of Seville. Photos: Eric AntoniouPeople are always asking me, "What should I see right now?" And I'm always happy to answer: what you shou…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:31AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
The boy genius twice over.My earlier post about the amusing contretemps I witnessed at last weekend's Boston Baroque concert has been getting a lot of play on sites like Universal Hub, …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:20AMMonday, March 12, 2012
The guys get ready to "Let it Go."I admit, I felt like a dirty old man going in. A college production of The Full Monty? I can blame it on the partner unit, of course (it was his…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:17PMSunday, March 11, 2012
Ian Shain and Felix Teich finally make it to the prom. Photos: Saglio Photography.I got to Boston Children Theater's Reflections of a Rock Lobster a little late - and the run was short (this…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:28PMSaturday, March 10, 2012
Betcha didn't know that MIT, my alma mater, is a hotbed of origami innovation. Well it is! And you can savor some of the best pieces to come out of the Institute in recent years right now …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:29AMFriday, March 9, 2012
Photo(s) by Rosalie O'Connor.In Boston Ballet's "Play with Fire" program (through this weekend at the Opera House), two of the pieces are re-heated; we've seen Bella Figura, and an early ver…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:48PMThursday, March 8, 2012
Laura Latreille and Barlow Adamson.I'm torn over the current production of Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still at the Lyric Stage, because basically it's worth seeing, even though it's …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:55PMTuesday, March 6, 2012
Photo by Harald HoffmannI'm late - very late - with an appreciation of the Quartet, which played at Celebrity Series over a week ago; but then they were late (very late!) in getting to Bosto…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:17PMMonday, March 5, 2012
I was lucky enough to witness a truly wonderful performance by Boston Baroque on Saturday night - but it wasn't so wonderful for everyone, at least not at first.In the interval between the f…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:21PMSunday, March 4, 2012
Another year, another production of The Merchant of Venice! After mountings at the Actors' Shakespeare Project, and ArtsEmerson, now Trinity Rep has decided to have a go at what I suppose co…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:28AMFriday, March 2, 2012
The twisted pleasures of Circa.When I first saw the Australian troupe Circa at the Edinburgh Fringe two years ago, I found myself cringing at some of their antics.But judging from its s…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:37PMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Circa, another boundary-pushing circus act (this time from Australia) opens at the Paramount tonight, as a joint presentation of Celebrity Series and ArtsEmerson. I feel comfortable promoti…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:38PMTuesday, February 28, 2012
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SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:30AMAs one of our occasional forays over to the BSO these days, the partner unit and I caught Beethoven's Missa Solemnis on Saturday night, because we're big fans of Christine Brewer, one of the…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:53AMSunday, February 26, 2012
US Marine Brandon Morgan greets his partner Dalan at his homecoming. Just btw, now there's a Gay Marines Facebook page.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and else…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:33PMLast night I came home to an unusual comment on my recent review of Medea at the Actors' Shakespeare Project. Here it is in full:I have just seen the performance of Mrs Israel. Well I …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:13PMSaturday, February 25, 2012
Detail from David's Napoleon.Beethoven at Handel and Haydn is always exciting these days - indeed, a few of their recent performances of the symphonies have been nothing less than revelation…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:57PMThursday, February 23, 2012
Above and below are long-exposure photo mosaics of Japanese fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, taken outside his hometown of Okoyama City, Japan. These images have been lighting up the web of…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:04PMErin Markey and Alan Brinks in Green Eyes.I did want to mention that I managed to catch Company One's import (by the New York company "The Kindness") of the recently-disc…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:33PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
The heroine of Euripides' Medea is half martyr, and half murderess - and not just any murderess, but a killer of her own children. This makes her - special, shall we say. But these day…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:31PMMonday, February 20, 2012
Robert Adelman Hancock and the adorable Megan McGinnis in Daddy Long Legs. Photo: Meghan Moore.This is just a quick note to let you know that by far the most enjoyable show in town right now…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 08:40PMSunday, February 19, 2012
I bumped into an acquaintance the other day who's on the "inside" of the classical music funding world, and he repeated what I've heard in several emails about the Opera Boston debacle - tha…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:08PMSaturday, February 18, 2012
As you may have heard, CNN anchor Roland Martin was recently suspended for tweeting the following during the Super Bowl:‘If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:12AMFriday, February 17, 2012
Photo above and at top: Gene Schiavone.In a way, Boston Ballet's current program "Simply Sublime" (through this weekend at the Opera House) is a milestone, because nothing in it is really ne…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:27PMThursday, February 16, 2012
The Presto from Vivaldi's Summer concerto.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
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