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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

JACOB SCHICK

ALLEGED LESBIAN ACTIVITIES OPENS A LESBIAN BAR ON STAGE

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted March 30, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Image courtesy of Last Call

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alleged Lesbian Activities, Bonnie Gabel, Boston, Evelyn Francis, Indee Mitchell, Jacques Caberet, Last Call, review, theater, theater offensive

AT NEW REP, HEARTLAND FAILS TO SHOULDER ATLANTEAN BURDEN OF MESSAGE

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted February 1, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★☆☆☆

 

 

The impact of American propaganda on Afghani children is admittedly a difficult subject to understand and explain, let alone capture in a 105-minute play. This doesn’t stop Heartland ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: review, theater

SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted January 3, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

Director Bevin O’Gara Speaks About Play With No Talking

 

For a play in which the characters aren’t allowed to speak, Small Mouth Sounds says a lot. The play, by Bess Wohl, follows its characters on a comedic and poignant journey ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Interview, review, theater

HOME ALONE WITH THE BOSTON POPS

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 28, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Photo by Stu Rosner. Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

 

Q&A w/ Kevin McDonald and two high school chorus members

 

On December 29-30, the Boston Pops will perform the score to the Christmas classic movie Home Alone in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. The Pops will be joined ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Concert, Film, Music, preview, Soundtrack

BRICKBOTTOM FOUNDERS SPEAK

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 14, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS, Visual Arts

Pioneering Somerville artist live/work co-op celebrates 30th anniversary

Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS, Visual Arts Tagged With: artists, arts, Brickbottom, SOMERVILLE

AMOC BRINGING FRESH NOTES TO OPERA AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Matt Aucoin and Zack Winokur. Photo by Liza Voll.

 

When most people think of opera, they imagine a red-faced, sweating man or woman on stage, belting out unintelligible lyrics. Think Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera, Doc?” or maybe even Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep in the eponymous biopic).

 

 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Cambridge, Matt Aucoin, opera, Zack Winokur

GRINCH STEALS CHRISTMAS AND SHOW IN WANG THEATRE MUSICAL

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

The Grinch formulates a plan to steal Christmas from the noisy and cheery Whos by dressing up as Santa Claus and stealing all of their presents and decorations and “the log for their fire” with help from his dog, Max.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Dr. Seuss, Grinch, holidays, Musical, Santa Claus

ALL BARK, NO BITE IN AKA THEATRE’S IN THE FOREST, SHE GREW FANGS

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted November 22, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★☆☆☆

Once upon a time, there was a play. And in this play, presented by Also Known As Theatre, there was a girl. And a forest. And a grandmother. And a wolf.

 

Stephen Spotswood’s In the Forest, She Grew ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Also Known As Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, review, theater

THE RIGHT WAY TO DO SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted November 15, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

After drinking and spitting out scotch (read: paint thinner) for the fourth time, Thomas Colleymoore (Robert Grove) shouts—for the fourth time—“Good God! I needed that.” It seems that The Play ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Emerson Colonial Theatre, review, theater

THE SALONNIÈRES AIMS FOR BITING CRITIQUE, HITS DATED COMMENTARY

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted November 8, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★☆☆☆

 

It’s easy to see what the set of The Salonnières is trying to do. It’s an opulent room filled with ornate couches and chairs—Renaissance paintings ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Greater Boston Stage Company, Liz Duffy Adams, review, Salonnières, stoneham, theater, Weylin Simes

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