Play (2008) by Anna Ziegler The Nora Theatre Company Central Square Theater Cambridge, MA February 9 – March 4, 2012 Directed by Daniel Gidron With Becky Webber (Rosalind Franklin), Owen Doyle (Maurice Wilkins), Jason Powers (James Watson), James Bocock (Francis Crick), Nick Sulfaro (Ray Gosling), Jeremy Browne (Don Caspar) In the early 1950s, Rosalind Franklin […]
69 Degrees S. (The Shackelton Project)
Performance by Phantom Limb Arts Emerson Paramount Center Mainstage Boston, MA February 7 – 12, 2012 Directed by Sophie Hunter Choreographed by Andrea Miller Video Design by Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty Music Composed by Erik Sanko Conceived in Collaboration with David Harrington/Kronos Quartet Recorded Performance by Kronos Quartet Live Performance and Additional Music by […]
Elizabeth Slayton
Up Close Paintings by Elizabeth Slayton Newton Free Library Newton, MA February 2 – 28, 2012 Elizabeth Slayton, a painter based in Jamaica Plain, has, over a number of years, consistently produced carefully wrought and gently inspired paintings in a variety of motifs. This show features, dominantly, a group of sedately inspiring still lifes. Most […]
The Artist
Film (2011)
Written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius
A delightful film based on a rudimentary premise, but executed deftly, with great charm and humor.
The 2012 deCordova Biennial
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Lincoln, MA January 22 – April 22, 2012 A selection of works by twenty-three contemporary artists. Approaching the entrance, one is welcomed by a large lighted sign vividly displaying the question: Capitalism Works For Me! True/False? One can press a button to vote for either extreme. (I did.) The sign, […]