Gentle. Playful. Warm. An enveloping feeling of welcome that is effervescent and buzzing with life. The lasting, echoing flavor of a very good memory. An evening with The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus is more than just your standard choral event. Each song is lovingly selected at the hands of a dedicated conductor and music director, [...]
Oh boy I do love Christmas- and even if I didn’t, I sure would have to pretend I did, with the holiday mere days away! There are so many reasons to be merry, and so many joyful events to be a part of. With a holiday party around every corner, a holiday show in every [...]
When Christmas parties, yankee swaps, secret santas, maxed out credit cards, boxes, tissue, ribbon and wrapping paper have taken hold of your life, attending a third or fourth holiday performance can seem like a chore. Even after a Christmas show on Friday, and a family Christmas party on Sunday, the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre’s production [...]
Reminiscence and nostalgia are the catch phrases of Watertown Children’s Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, and arsenalArts production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Set in the eves of an attic with miscellaneous artifacts affixed to the wall, the snow-drifted stage gives the cozy but cold air of Charles Dickens’ mystical tale. The set suggests memory and the [...]
11:11 Theatre Company is a current resident of Mass Ave’s own Factory Theatre, an oppressively large loft complex housing a tiny, but neat, black box performance space- with limited seating (49), limited heating (brr), and limited resources (claustrophobic little booth, no access to bathrooms for the actors!) but 11:11 makes the space pleasant and inviting. [...]
I wanted to like Company One and Phoenix Theatre Artist’s production of Christmas Belles so much. It seemed to me like a little gift from heaven, a Holiday show by the creators of one of my favorite and arguably one of the funniest television sitcoms of all time, The Golden Girls, and I was prepared [...]
It is said that eating chocolate can be psychoactive and make the consumer happy. There are even studies that say brain stimulants are found in the sweet treat. Some say it’s an aphrodisiac. Chocolate comes dark, milk, semi-sweet, and mocha; it comes as ice cream, hot chocolate, chocolate mousse, fudge, chips, drizzle, bars and combined [...]
As Christmas approaches the airwaves are filled with Christmas Carols. Holiday Specials are broadcast on television, interrupted by holiday advertisement. Retail stores are filled with gifts and their wrappings. Town squares and city blocks are decorated with the flavors of the season. Most prevalent in my recollection of a Bostonian’s holiday season tradition is Boston [...]
William Shakespeare would have rolled over in his grave if he had heard last night’s performance of Best Of Both Worlds at the A.R.T.- but only to get his ear closer to the magnificent sound! In the true spirit of the long dead king of writers, Randy Weiner, Diedre Murray and Diane Paulus have re-imagined [...]
The Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Boston Children’s Theatre have joined forces this month to present the warm, nostalgic, little jewel, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Dylan Thomas’ touching tribute to the holiday spirit of his youth is enchantingly captured and lovingly celebrated by this delightful cast. Part holiday story, part salutation to a beloved aunt, [...]