Musical (2014)
by Matt Gould and
Griffin Matthews
Directed by Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theatre
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
February 4 – March 16, 2014
A vividly honest and vibrant musical about the life and aspirations of a young American relief worker, and the people he encounters in Africa.
The Monuments Men
Film (2014)
Directed by George Clooney
With George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban
Near the end of World War II, a group of experts try to save great works of art from destruction: intentional, by the Nazis, and inadvertent, from Allied bombings.
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
In Memoriam
The noted film and stage actor died in New York on February 2nd at the age of 46 from an apparent drug overdose.
The Whipping Man
Play (2006)
by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 25 – February 15, 2014
A play about a Jewish Confederate soldier who returns home after the Civil War to encounter two former slaves of his family.
Dallas Buyers Club
Film (2013)
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
With Matthew McConaughey,
Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
A roughly textured, but beautifully constructed, account of a rodeo rider’s attempt to survive AIDS in the 1980s by bucking the medical system. Matthew McConaughey’s performance is a tour de force.