Play (1999)
Adapted by Chaim Potok and Aaron Posner
From the novel by Chaim Potok
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA
October 19 – November 17, 2012
A faithful rendition of the noted novel by Chaim Potok about two Orthodox Jewish boys and their fathers, one a Hasidic rebbe, the other a scholar.
Argo
Film (2012)
Directed by Ben Affleck
Somerville Theatre
Somerville, MA
A gripping and suspenseful account based on the true story of the heroic rescue of a group of Americans trapped in Iran in 1979 during the same time as the hostage crisis.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Film (2012)
Directed by Stephen Chbosky
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A beautifully written and wrought treatment of engagement and confrontation with self and others during adolescence.
Race
Play (2009)
by David Mamet
New Repertory Theatre
Watertown, MA
October 14 – November 4, 2012
A racially mixed group of lawyers faced with defending a white man in a racially-charged case.
Wuthering Heights
Film (2011)
Directed by Andrea Arnold
A labored interpretation of the classic by Emily Brontë, with a black Heathcliff.
Kendall Square Cinema