Play (1979)
by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Jim Petosa
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
April 28 – May 26, 2013
An engaging account of the drama about Mozart and his fellow composer and jealous nemesis, Antonio Salieri, depicted with sardonic abandon by noted Boston actor, director and impresario Benjamin Evett.
Love Is All You Need
Film (2012)
Directed by Susanne Bier
Astrid and Patrick are a young Danish couple preparing for their wedding in Italy. Various parents arrive in unpredictable patterns and begin to interact on their own terms, including Ida, a hairdresser, and Philip, an executive, survivors of different kinds of loss.
In The Heights
Musical (2005)
Music and lyrics by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
May 10 – June 16, 2013
A lively and engaging rendition of the Tony winning Broadway musical about Washington Heights, a dominantly Hispanic neighborhood in northern Manhattan.
Tappin’ Thru Life: An Evening With Maurice Hines
Jazz, Vocals, Dance
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Majestic Theater
Boston, MA
May 14 – 19, 2013
A fabulous evening of popular song, big band sound, and tap dancing – some of it wild and crazy – led by Maurice Hines, the now 70ish Broadway star and elder brother of the late tap dancing phenom Gregory Hines.
The Great Gatsby
Film (2013)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce
Based on the novel by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire
A lot of visual effects in 3D supersede the psychological ones in this lollapalooza production that is more likely to interest CGI fans than literary ones.