The Animation, Documentary, and Live Action programs of the 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films series are currently playing in theaters and streaming at virtual cinemas.
FILM REVIEW: OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS 2021
THE BEST THEATER IN GREATER BOSTON OF 2020
A recap of the performing arts in a tumultuous year.
ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT: THE YEAR’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN SKINCARE AND SELF-CARE GOODIES
The year’s best and brightest skincare and self-care goodies.
BEAUTIFUL DISASTER: THE CHILDREN AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
★★★★★
Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here’s Rose!
And in Lucy Kirkwood’s extraordinary play The Children, this Rose shows up out of the blue at the ramshackle seaside cottage ...
LOVE SPENT: THE TREASURER AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★☆☆☆
In Max Posner’s The Treasurer, a middle-aged man who doesn’t love his mother—and seems to hate himself for it—finds himself in the position of having to take charge ...
ALL OF THE ROSE, NONE OF THE PRICK: CREAMS, BODY POLISH & MORE
Capturing the sophistication, craftsmanship, and sheer loveliness of Provence, the Rose Olivier line from Bastide is flawless in every sense of the word.
SHE SEES IT, SHE LIKES IT, SHE WANTS IT, SHE GETS IT: VANITY FAIR AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER
★★★★☆
There are two directors in Boston that I would wholeheartedly call fearless: One is Igor Golyak of Needham’s Arlekin Players, and the other is David R. Gammons, whose current mounting of Kate Hamill’s Vanity ...
THE WAY THEY WERE: BRIGHT HALF LIFE AT ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
WHERE THERE IS CAKE, THERE IS HOPE: THE CAKE AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★★★★
Inspired by the now infamous case of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, Bekah Brunstetter uses that basic conflict as a jumping off point for The Cake ...
THE MASK: WINTER DRY-SKIN SAVIORS, FROM VOLCANIC ASH TO ANTIOXIDANTS
Winter is not kind to our skin. Between the cold, biting air outside, the dehydrating heat inside, and the weeks-long spiral into (and out of) holiday indulgences of way too much food and liquor, the interminable stretch of winter months requires some additional care.
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