Performance
Octopus Theatricals
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theater
Washington Street, Boston
October 28 – November 1, 2026
A powerful analysis and excerpted replay of some of Shakespeare’s malevolent stars.
Lectures and Panel Discussions
David Sedaris
Reading
Symphony Hall, Boston
April 2, 2023
A delightful and hilarious evening with the noted humorist-memoirist.
What Makes It Great: with Rob Kapilow
Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Concert, Lecture
Copland’s Appalachian Spring:
Rob Kapilow, commentary
Celebrity Series of Boston
A Far Cry, chamber orchestra
February 5, 2023, 3pm
Jordan Hall
Symphony Hall area, Boston
A fascinating analysis, with live illustrations, of the great twentieth century composition, followed by a superb execution of the original chamber version by the inimitable A Far Cry.
An Evening Of Jazz And Healing
Concert, Film
Donal Fox, piano
Screening of Jazz Saved My Life about Justin Freed
Maria Schneider Orchestra Quartet
Featuring Gary Versace, piano; Scott Robinson, woodwinds; Jay Anderson, bass; Johnathan Blake, drums
Coolidge Corner Theater
Brookline, MA
December 1, 2022
An evening rich with wonderful jazz and a biographical film about artist and jazz impresario Justin Freed, former owner and concert programmer of the Coolidge Corner Theater, with a special interest in jazz as a healing force.
On Beckett
Performance (2022)
Conceived and performed by Bill Irwin
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
Theater District, Boston
October 28-30, 2022
A stupendous performance by the brilliant mime and actor Bill Irwin who leads a scintillating tour through works of Samuel Beckett, illuminating them with incisive commentary and hysterically funny clowning.