The lucky guests of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Pride Concert, “All You Need is Love,” The Music of the Beatles, were treated to more than just a musical performance of light and nostalgic Beatles tunes. This music-concert-come- ballet, the brain child of Kevin Robinson, strings the Beatles songs we know and love loosely around [...]
I’ve become quite a Boston Gay Men’s Chorus fan. Sometimes, I wonder if there is anything original I can say after having the pleasure of viewing one of their performances. The music, always carefully selected or painstakingly created by Music Director Reuben M. Reynolds and Assistant Music Director Chad Weirick, is always beautifully and passionately [...]
When you have had just about all the tinsel, eggnog, and crowded malls that you can possibly handle, Speakeasy Stage Company’s Striking 12 is like a deep breath of fresh air to clear your lungs of all the chestnuts and winter berry. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with holiday shows that come [...]
At the Reagle Music Players, Christmas spirit is pervasive. From the moment you enter the lobby, the high school auditorium is transformed into an elegant, whimsical place, with Victorian carolers and classic decorations. Once the performance begins, there is a non-stop flow of entertainment. To prevent the action from stagnating, Robert Eagle has conceived the [...]
Love is in the air in Boston in June. We all breathe a collective sigh of contentment as the cold air floats away to make room for balmier breezes. The flowers melt into a glorious rainbow, reminding us that the winter is behind us, and we can look forward to a few magnificent months of [...]
There’s just no show that can capture my heart like a Boston Gay Men’s Chorus concert. With warm ballads, beat boxing, the worm, a gaggle of dancing cowboys, and a startling tribute led by one of Boston’s finest actors, We the people was no exception to this claim. It makes sense to talk about this [...]
The story of The Rheingold Curse comes from a long tradition of Viking myths that deal with family values, greed and lust- subjects that still relate to so much in our lives today. The vikings had a nomadic aural tradition which has been almost completely absent for hundreds of years. Sequentia made the massive effort [...]
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, [...]
Juventas New Music Ensemble, a resident of the Boston Conservatory, offered quite the “mind trip” with it’s fall selection, Murmurs From Limbo: A Musical Exploration Into the Human Mind. The ensemble features young artists in the Boston area and strives to produce and promote composers under the age of 35, but this is not an [...]
Oh, the 80’s, decade of my birth. Long gone are your acid washed jeans, your feathered bangs, your off the shoulder shirts (unless you stop into the Roxy on a Saturday night- 80’s fashion back in style???), long gone are the smooth stylings of Peter Gabriel, Debbie Gibson, and the New Kids on the Block [...]