I winced throughout last night's horrifying edition of 60 Minutes, the geriatric television news magazine, in which correspondent Lesley Stahl granted a fawning interview to unconvicted war …
Ah, the pleasures of YouTube! So far over two million people have watched this spoof of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I wonder why.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in …
Yes, it's past time for another edition of the Hubbie Awards - and luckily I found just the piece of vintage soft core to serve as graphic accompaniment! I know this has been a long ti…
I can't stand Theresa Rebeck's TV mini-hit Smash, which is unsurprising; I can't stand Theresa Rebeck, period. But the New Yorker - which I also often can't stand (I once threw up whil…
I had a chance to chat with visionary director Robert Lepage this past week, after a lecture he gave at MIT (he's currently in residence there, and has received the Institute's McDermott Awa…
"I am not a crook!" - the political rogues' gallery of The Inspector. Photos: Erik Jacobs.I know, I know - the words "opera" and "laugh riot" rarely meet in the same sentence.But Boston Lyri…
As most of you know, this year marked my return to the IRNE Awards, which, as I like to say, are like sex; you never know what you're going to get, or how long it's going to take. Usua…
Perhaps the most gorgeous sequence ever from the International Space Station.What you see over the course of the flight: :01 -- Stars over southern United States :08 -- US west coast …
The guys try to take it all off at Stoneham.I've become something of an expert on The Full Monty of late - I got a chance to catch it again at the Stoneham Theatre, where it's pla…
Sorry for no post today, but preparations are underway for the annual IRNE Awards, tonight at 7:30 pm at the Cyclorama, in which the Independent Reviewers of New England honor their choices …
Celeste Fraser and John Irvin as Blanche and her brother.Right now is a very good time for opera in the Hub. I just got back from a truly hilarious operatic satire at Boston Lyric, The…
Dirty words on the news! Admit it, you laughed.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Melody Madarasz in Café Variations The music of George Gershwin is a good thing; a very good thing. Which is a very good thing for director Anne Bogart, as it repeatedly saves he…
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Do they look temperamental? Not really.Sigh. I admire the Lyric Stage for taking chances on scripts with a political dimension - really I do - and I wish I could back that admira…
This is what the Tea Party and the Boston Police look like. A Boston police officer "pushes" by the neck an Occupy Boston protester identified by name ("Allie"), but not gender, during…
Oh, man, rarely has SNL nailed it as it does here, with this wicked takedown of the new soft core hobbit porn series, HBO's Game of Thrones. I've just sat through the first few episodes of …
I caught the Wang Theatre taping of NPR's "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me" show last week - mostly because the partner unit, an avid listener, wanted to go. For my part, I'm amused by …
Salonen in action with Philharmonia.I confess that after Missa Solemnis a few weeks back, followed by a good-but-not-great "German Requiem," I felt like giving up on the BSO. I also didn't …
Mark Linehan and Phil Talyer connect in Floyd Collins. Photos: Sharman Altshuler.I went to Floyd Collins - the latest from Moonbox Productions, at the BCA through this weekend - somewhat ske…
KubÃnek in mid-flight.I did want to take a moment to look back - before they're too small in the rearview - at Tomáš KubÃnek's performances at ArtsEmerson a little over a week ag…
Yes, that's James Whiteside, Principal Dancer of Boston Ballet - or rather that's his alter ego, "JBDubs," breaking out into the club scene and channeling Beyoncé with his new (hopefully) h…
Will Lyman and Karen MacDonald channel the doomed Tyrones. Photos: Andrew Brilliant.I confess I'm on the fence about the New Rep's current version of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey…
Welcome to San Francisco!Happy Eastah! We're taking a break from power-blogging at the Hub Review today, but here are some Eastah-themed videos to tide you over till Monday.First, what woul…
Harry Christophers conducting soloists and orchestra in the St. Matthew Passion - photo: Kyle T. Hemingway.I've been pondering Handel and Haydn's version of Bach's St. Matthew Passion for so…