Among a certain set (see: a$$holes), poetry and jazz music have gotten bad raps. Claims of pretension, incoherence, and uncomfortable neckwear abound. That’s why POEMJAZZ is coming to save the day! Continue reading
Club Oberon
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Tags: Cambridge, Club Oberon, Harvard Square, Jazz, Laurence Hobgood, live music, Poemjazz, Poetry, Robert Pinksy
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ACOUSTICAELECTRONICA
“What I try to get people to imagine is Cirque Du Soleil at a rave.”
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Tags: Acoustica, AcousticaELECTRONICA, Beethoven, Club Oberon, Colin Thurmond, Dance, David Day, DJ, DJ Mike Swells, Electronica, Issue 14.33, Mmmmaven, Randy Deshaies, The Wig, toUch Performance Art
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ACOUSTICA ELECTRONICA @ OBERON
Your best chance to fulfill any unresolved Amadeus fantasies. Continue reading
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Tags: Club Oberon, Def Yo, Harvard Square, Issue 14.24, Jacqui Grilli, Linda Blair, Roller Boogie, Roller Disco: The Musical
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EXIT POLL: CLINTON SCHOOLING @ LOEB DRAMA CENTER
What was your favorite part of the show? “Jaw harp. You don’t see that that often! The f*cking jaw harp, man. Holy shit.” Continue reading
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FUTURITY: A MUSICAL BY THE LISPS
Are there two more diametrically opposed artistic mediums than indie rock and theater? Probably not. One prides itself on its bone-bred indifference to all things big and flashy and the other successfully employs, well, the big and flashy.
If that’s the case, Cesar Alvarez didn’t get the memo. The Lisps’s frontman is getting set for the OBERON debut of Futurity,
a wild-ass musical detour into an alternate Civil War history backed by a live, indie folk soundtrack from The Lisps themselves.
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Tags: 14.11, 3.16.12, Arts and Entertainment, Boston Music, Boston Theatre, Cambridge, Club Oberon, Futurity, Indie Rock, The Lisps
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INTERVIEW: PLAYWRIGHT BILL DONCASTER, FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
Not that kind of “benefits” …
We chatted with Playwright Bill Doncaster about taking this tale of loyalty, betrayal and Bobby Orr to the stage. Stickball Productions presents Friends of Eddie Coyle, opening Thursday at the Oberon. Continue reading
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Tags: Adaptation, Alex Rocco, Bill Doncaster, Books, Cambridge, Club Oberon, Facebook, Film, Friends of Eddie Coyle, Harvard Square, Hustler, Interview, Issue 13.49, movie, Paulo Branco, Play, Southie, Stickball Productions, The Godfather, Theater
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FOUR QUARTETS: VARIATIONS
Now that we think about it, four actual quartets wasn’t exactly necessary … but hey, bonus! Continue reading
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Tags: American Repertory Theater, Boston Theatre, Club Oberon, Harvard Square, Issue 13.47, T.S. Eliot
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PECHA KUCHA @ OBERON
Tokyo. A sparkling, fast-paced technological wonder inhabited by high-powered businesspeople and anthropomorphic business-cats. Tokyo. A city so on the cutting edge that it’s known as “the Tokyo of Japan.” Continue reading
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DIG THIS: OUR BODIES, OURSELVES CABARET
Forty years ago, a group of Boston-area feminists found the courage to publish a book with the bold, controversial message that owning a uterus or occasionally lactating wasn’t the sort of thing you should feel bad about. Continue reading
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JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND @ OBERON
So, you think you had a pretty rough childhood? You weren’t a good swimmer, you had to get braces, you broke your Gameboy Color—we get it. Yawn. Continue reading
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