Musical (1960)
Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Directed and choreographed by Russell Garrett
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
November 23 – December 22, 2013
A lively, beautifully acted and sung, rendition of the musical (now over 50 years old) about King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot, knightly glories and benighted destinies.
Windowmen
Play (2012)
by Steven Barkhimer
Directed by Brett Marks
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Boston, MA
October 31 – November 24, 2013
Set in the early 1980s and inspired by some of the playwright’s early employment experiences, a comedic drama about men who work a hectic sales office at New York City’s Fulton Fish Market.
Kill Your Darlings
Film (2013)
Directed by John Krokidas
A thoughtful, suspenseful and well-constructed account of the dramatic life of noted American poet Allen Ginsberg during his time as a student at Columbia University.
About Time
Film (2013)
Written and directed
by Richard Curtis
With Domhnall Gleeson,
Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
A delightful fable about love, romantic and filial, and time travel, with very particular limitations.
Japan: Classical and Contemporary
Concert
Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto/shamisen/voice
Hikaru Tamaki, cello
Pierce Hall
New England Conservatory
of Music
Boston, MA
A remarkably interesting selection of pieces for koto, cello, shamisen and voice – in various combinations – played expertly by a husband and wife duo.