Play (2007)
by Lisa Loomer
Underground Railway Theater and
Catalyst Collaborative@MIT
Central Square Theater
Central Square
Cambridge, MA
May 9 – June 9, 2013,
A mostly comedic, frenetic treatment of attention deficit disorder, told from the perspective of a harried and fraught mother of a nine year old son who exhibits symptoms.
Rapture, Blister, Burn
Play (2012)
by Gina Gionfriddo
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 24 – June 30, 2013
A searing comedy about lifestyle, ambition and relationship, featuring two women friends from graduate school, an aging mother, a feckless husband and a scarily insightful babysitter.
Gravity and Grace:
Monumental Works
by El Anatsui
Sculptural Installations
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
February 8–August 4, 2013
Large, mostly fabric-like, constructions consisting of mega amounts of garbage – bottlecaps, tin lids, etc. – wired together to produce dazzling, colorful, awe-inspiring constructions by El Anatsui, born in Ghana, now living and working in Nigeria.
John Singer Sargent Watercolors
Paintings
The Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
April 5–July 28, 2013
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Oct 13, 2013 – Jan 20, 2014
An exemplary tour of Sargent’s watercolors from various periods and locales.
Frances Ha
Film (2012)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Written by Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
A contemporary odyssey of a twenty-seven year old woman searching for fulfillment in friendship, love and artistry.