Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Based on a play by Friedrich Schiller Metropolitan Opera, New York Can the production really be as good as they say it is? Apparently so. Marina Poplavskaya, in the female lead, steals the show. Before seeing this production, I had read such a glowing review in Time magazine that I was […]
The Social Network
Film (2010) Directed by David Fincher Written by Aaron Sorkin Based on The Accidental Billionaires by Mark Mezrich With Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg), Rooney Mara (Erica Albright), Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin), Armie Hammer (Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss), Justin Timberlake (Sean Parker) Is this what Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is really like? And did […]
Boston Marriage
Play by David Mamet Directed by David Zoffoli New Repertory Theatre Watertown, MA With Melissa Baroni (Catherine), Jennie Israel (Claire), Debra Wise (Anna) A Mamet play set in turn of the century Boston? Don’t worry – it’s about lesbians in an age when homosexuality was under the social hood, it still has enough off-color language […]
A Little Night Music
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Trevor Nunn Starring Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch With Kevin David Thomas (Henrik Egerman), Stephen R. Buntrock (Mr. Lindquist), Jayne Paterson (Mrs. Nordstrom), Sara Jean Ford (Mrs. Anderssen), Kevin Vortmann (Mr. Erlanson), Betsy Morgan (Mrs. Segstrom), […]
Chakaia Booker: In and Out
Sculpture deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Lincoln, MA May 15, 2010 – August 29, 2010 Photo of Chakaia Booker by Nelson Tejada. I had not heard of Chakaia Booker before seeing this exhibit, but I was totally taken by her work. She almost exclusively uses rubber tires as the medium for her sculptures (with steel, […]