Instead of trying to get ripped next year, we have some far more sensible ideas for how to improve our city, selves, and community while having loads of fun.
HICKEY AND THE HABIT
With his premiere on the enormous 80-foot screen at Jordan’s Imax Theater in Reading on Oct 30, just in time for Halloween, we spoke to the actor and director about his latest.
MAROULIS AND DEGARMO KEEP JEKYLL & HYDE AFLOAT
★★★☆☆ The musical theater elite turned their noses up at Jekyll & Hyde when it premiered on Broadway in 1997 and, well, we’re still doing it now two decades later, even if Frank Wildhorn’s poperatic score has become something of a guilty pleasure. Wildhorn, whose personal motto might be “If at first […]
CHECKING OUT SANTARPIO’S PIZZA, PEABODY
A quick look at the “other” Santarp’s
SKAMPA, CAMBRIDGE: A LITTLE TASTE OF THE NORTH SHORE ONE MILE FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON
The junior, large, and super beef sandwiches here rival the best that the North Shore has to offer, with the thinly sliced meat being slightly warm, the onion rolls being soft and fresh-tasting, and the BBQ sauce having a rich flavor but not so much as to overwhelm the other ingredients.
EVITA SO WHITE
Constantine Maroulis (Che) and the cast of “Evita” at North Shore Music Theatre thru October 8, 2017. Photos©Paul Lyden Amid accusations of whitewashing and brownface, North Shore Music Theatre opens Evita With the announcement of North Shore Music Theatre’s cast for Evita earlier this month came nearly instantaneous backlash over the decision to cast […]
JUSTIN CLANCY AS HIMSELF
The North Shore artist confesses about sneaking out to break in
SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW
After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.
