“There’s always like some guy who’ll ask to be on the show, and I’m like, ‘Uh, have you seen my show? Because your blowjob jokes aren’t going to work here.'”
ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
A BLEAK AND BRILLIANT CABARET AT MOONBOX
★★★★★ Taking on iconic material is always a risky thing, particularly something as well known and oft revived as Cabaret. But if there’s anything the 1966 masterwork has demonstrated over the years, it’s that it is not a musical resistant to reinvention. (Bob Fosse proved this with his 1972 film adaptation, as did […]
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? REFEREE
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: A LITTLE HIGHER
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? SOUP THERE IT IS
IT WENT TO 11: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF WOMEN’S CINEMA
The Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema was founded in 1993 by Marianne Lampke, Connie White, and Anne Marie Stein. At the time, Lampke and White were the owners and operators of the Brattle Theatre, and Stein was the executive director of the Boston Film/Video Foundation. The festival continued until its 11th and final […]
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? ROPES
SCOTT THOMPSON: KID IN THE HALL, OUT TO THE WORLD
“[The school shooting] was 40 years ago for me, and I can tell you that when things like that happen to you they never really leave you. You can patch it over, but it’s like patching up an old sofa: Occasionally the stuffing will continue to come out. That’s how I feel now, like the stuffing is coming out.”
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? SCREWED
