Pianist and actor Hershey Felder returns with his show about George Gershwin to the Boston stage. I saw it, and was enthralled, ten (or so) years ago when he first performed it in the Boston area, at the American Repertory Theatre. Since then, he has taken it on the road, and has done it 3500 (or so) times – a long road.
Performance Art
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 […]
Three Pianos
Play, with music Written, Arranged, and Performed by Rick Burckhardt, Alec Duffy, Dave Malloy Directed by Rachel Chavkin American Repertory Theater Loeb Drama Center Cambridge, MA December 7, 2011 – January 8, 2012 A wild and informal romp through Schubert’s song cycle, Winterreise (Winter Journey), with three pianos, three pianists and a good sense of […]
Moby Dick
Dramatic telling of the story of the novel by Herman Melville ArtsEmerson (Boston) in conjunction with Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett Performed by Conor Lovett With Live Musical Accompaniment Composed and Performed by Caoimhin O’Raghaillaigh Lighting Design by Aedin Cosgrove November 7 – 12, 2011 Conor Lovett in Moby Dick. […]
Women of Will: Overview
by Tina Packer Directed by Eric Tucker With Tina Packer and Nigel Gore Presented by The Nora Theatre Company Central Square Theater Cambridge, MA October 13 – November 6, 2011 Frederick Leighton, Desdemona (1888) A dramatic and discursive overview of a compelling thesis: that the Bard’s depiction of women evolved from significantly limited stereotypes, through […]