Play (1999)
by Becky Mode
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
December 19-30, 2012
Sam, a reservations manager for an upscale Manhattan restaurant, tries to manage calls, intercoms and all kinds of things on Christmas Day. The play has a raft of characters, all done in superbly believable voice and gesture, in a one person dramatic fiesta starring Gabriel Kuttner.
Chesapeake
Play (1999)
by Lee Blessing
Directed by Doug Lockwood
With Georgia Lyman
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
November 25 – December 16, 2012
A solo acting tour de force in an inventive exploration of the social and psychological interactions between an avant-garde performance artist and a conservative legislator.
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Play (1591)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Walsh
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Davis Square Theatre
Somerville, MA
December 12, 2012 –
January 6, 2013
A spectacularly lively and intelligent interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s great comedies (though early, yes!) in an intimate setting by one of greatest Boston Shakespearean troupes.
Aida
December 15, 2012
Opera (1871)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
The love triangle set in Ancient Egypt, embellished by a cast of hundreds, and Roberto Alagna’s tenor.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Film (2012)
Directed by Peter Jackson
based on the novel The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
The mythic Tolkien tale, a slim volume in book form, transformed into a gargantuan three-film 3D epic, of which this is the first part.