Concert
A Far Cry
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
December 17, 2023
A festival of very late quintets by two amazing geniuses who died way too young.
Immortal:
The Band’s Visit
Musical (2017)
Huntington Theatre Company
In co-production with Speakeasy Stage Company
Huntington Avenue Theater
Symphony Hall area, Boston
November 10 – December 17, 2023
Music and lyrics by David Yazbek
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Music Direction by
José Delgado
A wonderful rendition of the musical based on the 2007 film about an Egyptian police band on a misdirected visit to Israel in 1996.
Fair Play
Film (2023)
Written and directed by Chloe Domont
Netflix
Reviewed by Tim Jackson
A recently engaged couple face significant challenges stemming from her promotion at the high powered hedge fund where they both work.
Prayer for the French Republic
Play (2022)
by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Loretta Greco
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
September 7 – October 8, 2023
A play about French anti-Semitism, with settings in Paris in 2016 and the mid-1940s.
Assassins
Musical (1990)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez
Select Choreography by Ilyse Robbins
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square area, Boston
September 15 – October 15, 2023
An excellent rendition of the very weird musical about a passel of assassins of American political figures.