Thursday, July 31, 2014
Brooks Reeves cooks up some comedy as Titus Andronicus.Just as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so it seems The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) returns ev…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:49PMSunday, July 27, 2014
Jamie Wyeth, "Self Portrait," 1969.James Browning Wyeth (at left) - son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C. Wyeth - never outgrew his childhood nickname, "Jamie."And judging from his recen…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:42PMSunday, July 20, 2014
The widow and the wiseguy at Gloucester Stage. Photo: Gary Ng.Summer stock still lives!As a theatergoer, you may (or may not) be glad to know that - and of course "lives" may not be qu…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:10PMTuesday, July 15, 2014
The world of Boston theatre just got a little smaller.For word has reached us that the venerable Factory Theatre, a long-time tenant in the rear basement of the famous "Piano Factory" at 791…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:35AMSaturday, July 5, 2014
The fresh faces at Trinity can't save Shepard from his own bald symbology. Photos: Mark Turek.Dark theatrical clouds sometimes come embroidered with a silver lining (at least to those …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:31AMSaturday, June 28, 2014
Confronting the drone wars: Lewis D. Wheeler and Nael Nacer. (Photo: Andrew Brilliant)One of the frustrating things about our current theatre is its refusal to confront the really difficult …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:06PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Eunice Wong and Roderick Hill hook up for some hot identity politics. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.All good plays cast long shadows, so perhaps it's unfair to feel disappointed with Lyd…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:11PMSunday, June 22, 2014
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Shepherdess (1752)I'm late with an appreciation of Grand Harmonie's latest effort, a performance of Mozart's Il re pastore (The Shepherd King), which attract…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:17PMFriday, June 20, 2014
The talented cast of Jacques Brel at Gloucester Stage. Photo: Gary Ng.When Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris debuted at the Village Gate in 1968, its title had an unsp…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:50AMSaturday, June 14, 2014
Olivia D'Ambrosio and Deb Martin in Gidion's Knot.Close followers of the local scene already know that Bridge Rep, in just over a year, has already established itself as an artistic leader o…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:20PMFriday, June 13, 2014
Baritone Michael Chioldi as Belfiore. Photo: Kathy WittmanWatching Odyssey Opera's new production of Verdi's Un giorno di regno, it's hard to believe this charmer ever failed on its opening …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:56PMWednesday, June 11, 2014
Danette Holden reaches musical heaven as Reno Sweeney. Photos: Paul Lyden.It's hard not to like the North Shore Music Theatre's current production of Anything Goes. After all, it's Any…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 07:09AMFriday, June 6, 2014
The talented cast of Into the Woods confronts a dream come true. Photo: Mark S. Howard.Now I know what you're thinking.You're thinking, "Do I really need to see Into the Woods aga…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:09PMTuesday, May 20, 2014
Paula Langton takes a deep breath "on the verge." Photos: Andrew BrilliantI've always had a soft spot for the mild charms of Eric Overmyer's regional hit from 1987, On the Verge - …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 08:27AMFriday, May 16, 2014
As many of you know, the famous partner unit and I (above) have decamped for Belgium and France. We spent today in Brussels, at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts - site of Auden's famous po…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:23PMWednesday, May 14, 2014
Douglas Williams as Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea. Photo: Ken FriedmanMark Morris' new production of Acis and Galatea opens this weekend a the Schubert, co-sponsored by Celebrity Series and…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:39AMTuesday, May 13, 2014
The beauty of pure technique: Études. (Photos: Rosalie O'Connor )Many things are pricked, punctured or popped in Pricked, the current program at Boston Ballet (through this weeken…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:44AMSunday, May 11, 2014
Detail from Rembrandt's The Blinding of SamsonI think that when it came to Handel's Samson, the Handel and Haydn Society simply knew it had to hire some serious vocal muscle. …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:34AMFriday, May 9, 2014
Moe Angelos as Susan Sontag.It would be nice to say that Sontag: Reborn, the latest from the Builders Association (at ArtsEmerson through this weekend) amounts to more than just high-end hag…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:33PMThursday, May 8, 2014
I confess I'd just about given up on Alvin Ailey. Its dancers remained unrivaled in their sheer physical supremacy - and reveling in that was always a thrill; but over the tw…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 07:43AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
Soprano Sarah Coburn as Elvira - or do I mean Ophelia?It's too much to say that Vincenzo Bellini revolutionized opera - but he certainly helped re-align it. Indeed, you could argue the long …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:38PMSunday, May 4, 2014
Deborah Voigt and Brian Zeger in concert at Symphony Hall. Photo: Robert Torres.If there were any doubts that Deborah Voigt still has command over a truly glorious sound, these were laid to …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:30AMFriday, May 2, 2014
The famously wry smile.If you haven't heard the news yet, director Nicholas Martin, a great theatrical talent and ebullient raconteur who led the Huntington to new heights of artistic achiev…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:48AMThursday, May 1, 2014
Fernando Guimarães as Ulisse. All photos: Clive Grainger.Few artifacts are more intriguing than the partial masterpiece.So imagine the tantalizing aura that has long lingered over Il …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:12AMMonday, April 28, 2014
It took spring a long to get here this year, didn't it - which means there are quite a few Hubbies to hand out! So without further ado, here are a few salutes to the performers, direct…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:03AMSunday, April 27, 2014
The talented cast of Top Girls.Sometimes it seems that feminism has a problem with its greatest playwright:She isn't exactly a "feminist."Thus there is much gnashing of teeth around the care…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:00PMFriday, April 25, 2014
Photo: Dario AcostaWe don't normally post previews, but seriously, what opera queen could resist the chance to chat with soprano Deborah Voigt (even if by email!), who is appearing with pian…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:04AMThursday, April 24, 2014
Don Juan in clubland, prior to Hell. Photos: Oshin GregorianLocal opera fans know that performances at BU's Opera Institute can dazzle, so I wasn't surprised to see close to a full house for…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:12PMWednesday, April 23, 2014
Tenor Nicholas Phan: a millennial Michael Fierstein?From the moment he takes the stage, tenor Nicholas Phan (at left) seems to straddle two contrasting worlds of vocal performance.For there'…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:27PMMonday, April 21, 2014
Two pianos, four hands, one sensibility. Photo: Robert TorresMarc-André Hamelin returned to Celebrity Series last weekend in a concert haunted by doubles. The program was even comprised of …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:35PMSaturday, April 19, 2014
Photo: Chris McKenzieIt's rare that a closing night seems to open a hole in our theatre scene.But that's the case with Far Away from Whistler in the Dark, the fringe company led by Meg …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:48AM 
