Film (2015)
Documentary
Written and directed by
Jeff Kaufman
Boston screening and
panel discussion,
including the filmmaker
The Boston Foundation
75 Arlington St #1000, Boston
October 7, 2016, 6pm on
An account of the career of an inspiring Haitian social activist who, on a variety of fronts, has stimulated a whole range of social programs.
Deborah Lipstadt
whose years in court
with a Holocaust denier
inspired the new film
“Denial”
Interview
A talk with the author of the groundbreaking Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (1993) who, after publication of the book, was taken to libel court in Britain by a prominent Holocaust denier, David Irving, the story of which is the basis of the current film Denial starring Rachel Weisz.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Musical (2006)
Book by Stephan Elliott and
Allan Scott
Adapted from the film
The Adventures of Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert (1994)
Directed by Stacy Stephens
Fiddlehead Theatre Company
Citi Shubert Theater
Theater District, Boston
September 30 – October 9, 2016
A silly, fun musical about female impersonators traveling through Australia.
The Plough And The Stars
Play (1926)
by Sean O’Casey
Directed by Sean Holmes
Abbey Theatre
Dublin, Ireland
in conjunction with
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Theater, Harvard University
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
September 24 – October 9, 2016
A modernist take on the Irish classic about the complexities of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin.
Carmen
Opera (1875)
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and
Ludovic Halévy
Conductor: David Angus
Production: Calixto Bieito
A coproduction with
Boston Lyric Opera
and San Francisco Opera
Boston Opera House
Theater District, Boston, MA
September 23 – October 2, 2016
An interestingly staged production of the great tragic classic, with a superb and sonorous diva in the leading role.