Film (2012)
Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
A masterfully done film in many ways that is, like its subject, missing something crucial in its narrative core.
Sleepwalk with Me
Film (2012)
Directed by Mike Birbiglia
Co-Director: Seth Barrish
Screenplay by
Mike Birbiglia, Joe Birbiglia,
Ira Glass, Seth Barrish
A sweetly amusing account of a a comedian’s emerging career, his relationship sailing upwind, and his susceptibility to sleepwalking, all to some peril.
Good People
Play (2011)
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Huntington Theatre Company
September 14 – October 14, 2012
A beautifully written and produced account of people, now middle-aged, who were teenagers together in South Boston in the early 1970s.
The Mikado
Operetta
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
September 7 – October 13, 2012
The Gilbert and Sullivan hit based on Japanese themes, colorfully done in an intimate setting, with lots of topical lyrics inserted into the original.
Glen Hansard
Concert
Berklee Performance Center
The engaging folk hero of the film Once (2006) in concert with a backup band of ten.