Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Lars von Trier
With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
An inventive, grim, highly erotic tale of a woman who, through flashbacks, recounts her early life as a nymphomaniac.
Tongue Of A Bird
Play (1997)
by Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by Emily Ranii
Next Rep Black Box Festival
New Repertory Theater
Watertown, MA
March 8 – 30, 2014
The story of a lost child, her mother, a pilot who searches for her, and the pilot’s mother and grandmother.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film (2014)
Written and directed by
Wes Anderson
Inspired by the works of
Stefan Zweig
With Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson
Another fantastic Wes Anderson outing, this time set in a grand European hotel early in the twentieth century.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Play (1595)
by William Shakespeare
Bristol Old Vic
in association with
Handspring Puppet Company
Co-commissioned by
Spoleto Festival USA
Directed by Tom Morris
ArtsEmerson
Boston, MA
March 6 – 15, 2014
An interestingly staged and lively production of the Shakespearean romance using puppets, multifunction planks, contraptions of various sorts, and a Puck configured out of a paint can, saw, play rake and a few other things.
The Seagull
Play (1896)
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Maria Aitken
Huntington Theatre Company
March 7 – April 6, 2014
A top notch production of the Chekhov classic: funny, tragic, nuanced, complex. Not to be missed.