Saturday, 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 11:48AMFriday, April 18, 2014
Geraldine Walther, Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, and Károly Schranz. Photo: Keith SaundersWe seem to be awash in Bartók these days - with a great deal of…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:21AMWednesday, April 16, 2014
Christina Pumariega shares a laugh with Marianna Bassham. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.The disappointment that greeted Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba at the Huntington on opening ni…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:43PMTuesday, April 15, 2014
Beth Pearson takes a ride on love's carousel. Photos: Roger Metcalfe.Molière, like Shaw and so many other great comic writers, is now a rarity on our local stage. But fans of the Fren…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:22AMSaturday, April 12, 2014
Yannick Greweldinger and Silke Hundertmark in Lebensraum (Habitat).Lebensraum (Habitat), at ArtsEmerson through this weekend only, manages the curious trick of seeming strange and familiar a…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:18PMFriday, April 11, 2014
Photo: Meghan MooreMerrimack Rep's production of Lanford Wilson's Talley's Folly (through this weekend only) has by now garnered a large bouquet of critical praise. And there's a good reason…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:36AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Aisslinn Nosky leads the Handel and Haydn players through Mendelssohn's library. Photo: James Doyle.It's easy to see the appeal of a program like Handel and Haydn's "Mendelssohn's Library"&n…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:08PMWednesday, April 9, 2014
Sasha Castroverde and Joe Short make love (or do they?) in Rich Girl. Photos: Mark S. Howard.There's been a trend of late in playwrights (mostly female) "updating" classics by (mostly …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:55AMMonday, April 7, 2014
Yes, the biggest free party of the theatrical year kicks off tonight at the Cyclorama at 7:30 pm - with your help, of course! (Indiegogo campaign supporters, this means you!). And this year …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:18AMSunday, April 6, 2014
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi.The brilliant Christian Tetzlaff has been a regular visitor to Boston (perhaps too regular; last Sunday Jordan Hall was only two-thirds …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 06:32PMSaturday, April 5, 2014
Steven Barkhimer as Krapp. Photos: Marc S. MillerYou could argue, I suppose, that the Fort Point Theater Channel's effort to find a companion piece to Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape was …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:22PMFriday, April 4, 2014
The actors of Not By Bread Alone.Occasionally, a theatrical experience is truly unique. So extra-ordinary, in fact, that the normal tools of criticism fall useless before it - because throug…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:01AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
The Jerusalem String QuartetAt first I couldn't believe me eyes at intermission - indeed I had to look at my Celebrity Series program twice - the Jerusalem Quartet was really founded in 1993…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:09PMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Violinists like Mr. Tetzlaff are hardly a dime a dozen . . .You know, just when you think you've seen everything . . .. . . you see something new.Take last Sunday at Jordan Hall - site…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:38AMMonday, March 31, 2014
Morgan Ritchie premieres his new play in The Seagull. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.I suppose it had to happen sometime, but I'm sorry to report that director Maria Aitken, who has helme…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:25AMSaturday, March 29, 2014
Sean Patrick Gibbons and Aubin Wise. Photo: Marc J. FranklinCasting directors, take note - this is a quick, late nod to Bridge Rep's production (it closes tonight) of Michael John…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:46AMFriday, March 28, 2014
A remarkable partnership: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in concert. Photo: Robert TorresAs musical marriages go, there are few happier ones than the long alliance between cellist Yo-Yo Ma and p…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:55PMThursday, March 27, 2014
The talented cast of Something's Afoot. Photo: David Costa.I did want to throw a rose to the cast of Something's Afoot (above), which closed its run at the Stoneham Theatre last weeken…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:52PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
The Takács QuartetIn Hungarian, the word "takács" means "weaver," and I was struck by how appropriate that moniker was for the Takács Quartet during their recent appearance at Celebr…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:12PMTuesday, March 25, 2014
Mehta in action at Symphony Hall. Photo: Robert TorresHistorical and political ghosts almost seemed to haunt the recent Celebrity Series appearance of the Israel Philharmonic, which las…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:18PMFriday, March 21, 2014
Jeffrey Cirio, Misa Kuranaga, and one of three oranges in Cinderella. Photos: Gene Schiavone.Boston Ballet has by now carved out a reputation in almost every choreographic niche. …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:04PMThursday, March 20, 2014
Michael Mayes and Nadine Sierra take flight in Rigoletto. Photos: Eric Antoniou.Traditionalists take note: I can guarantee you will be pleased with Boston Lyric Opera's new Rigoletto (…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:15PMWednesday, March 19, 2014
Kissin at the keyboard last Sunday. Photo: Robert TorresAmong classical pianists, Evgeny Kissin perhaps embodies the deepest clash between personal and musical affect. His specialty is …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:17PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
John Kuntz at rest as The Whale. Photos: Craig Bailey.It's hard for actors to believe this - or even understand it - but great acting alone doesn't make for great theatre. In sho…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:00PMMonday, March 17, 2014
I'm sure many of you have heard or seen (it went viral some time ago) the impromptu speech at Dublin's Abbey Theatre by Irish drag queen "Panti Bliss" (a.k.a. Rory O'Neill) on the latest tre…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:57AMSaturday, March 15, 2014
These actors are "wooden" in a good way. Photos: Alastair Muir.I've begun to develop a personal theory about Shakespeare, and how civilization has related to him over the centuries. We…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:03PMWednesday, March 12, 2014
Olivia D'Ambrosio and Elizabeth Anne Rimar try to take flight. Photo: Andrew BrilliantOkay, Ellen McLaughlin's Tongue of a Bird. We'll keep this one short. Actually, the short, sh…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:58PMTuesday, March 11, 2014
Stanley Kubrick - A Tribute from Alexandre Gasulla on Vimeo.. . . that the "divine" Stanley Kubrick passed away (March 7, 1999). To mark the anniversary, we're posting the superb tribu…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:46AMSunday, March 9, 2014
Mathieu Herzog, Gabriel le Magadure, Raphael Merlin, and Pierre Colombet. Photo: Julien MignotOnce upon a time, there was a rumor that Ringo Starr had asked the other Beatles to re-name thei…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:15PMFriday, March 7, 2014
Jill Tanner and Felicity La Fortune in Equally Divided. Photos: Meghan Moore.Ronald Harwood's Equally Divided (at the Merrimack Rep through this weekend only) often feels like a theatr…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:21PMWednesday, March 5, 2014
Joseph Marrella, Kelby T. Akin, Paula Plum and Ken Baltin in Death of a Salesman. Photo: Mark S. HowardWhen playwright Arthur Miller died in 2005, you could sense a slight condescensio…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:47PM 
