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Crystal

June 1, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Crystal Aerial Pair

Circus, Performance
Cirque du Soleil
Agannis Arena
Boston University
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
June 1-12, 2022

A wonderful show on ice, with Cirque du Soleil’s typically wonderful and inventive combination of acrobatics, juggling, etc, embellished with superbly conceived art and choreography held together with a gentle narrative, with – in this case – the added speed and grace of skating.

The Inheritance – Parts I and II

May 14, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Toby Eric

Play (2018)
by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Speakeasy Stage
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
April 22 – June 11, 2022

A very long but very well-acted adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End set in New York in a gay male community between 2015-2017.

Ain’t Misbehavin’ –
The Fats Waller Musical

May 13, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Motley Hot Rhythm

Musical, Revue, Concert
Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
May 1-29, 2022

A wonderfully exuberant production of the revue, originally conceived in the late 1970s, of dramatized songs of the great jazz composer and master of the “stride” piano technique.

Philip Guston Now

April 30, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Gladiators

Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
May 1 – September 11, 2022

A varied assortment of paintings by the noted twentieth century artist Philip Guston, arranged thematically, and presented with particular sensitivity to some of Guston’s controversial imagery.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

April 28, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Revelations

Dance
Robert Battle, artistic director
Alvin Ailey, founder
Celebrity Series of Boston
Boch Center Wang Theatre
April 28 – May 1, 2022

A fabulously energetic exploration of moods, gestures and outlooks interestingly coordinated, and in conception and execution answering the challenges of the pandemic.

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