Play (1982)
by Terry Johnson
Directed by Daniel Gidron
Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
January 9 – February 9, 2014
A spoofy reflection on the early fifties, relativity, political intolerance and celebrity, with four characters who seem to be Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Joe McCarthy.
The Past
Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Asghar Farhad
An overly complicated melodrama set in France involving a separated Iranian couple and various children and lovers.
August: Osage County
Film (2013)
Directed by John Wells
Screenplay by Tracy Letts
based on his play of the same name
With Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch
A film treatment of the award winning play about a complex and distressed family from Oklahoma that comes together unexpectedly.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet: Vincent van Gogh’s Only Etching
Etching (1890)
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, MA
in Holland on Paper:
The Age of Art Nouveau
Through February 23, 2014
Vincent van Gogh’s only etching is on view as a part of a show on Art Nouveau era graphics from the Netherlands.
Working
Musical (1977)
From the book by Studs Terkel
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
Music Direction by
Jonathan Goldberg
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
January 3 – February 1, 2014
An unexpectedly lively show with no plot, but with a lot of short, entertaining profiles about people working in all sorts of different contexts.