Play (2009)
by Katori Hall
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theatre
Cambridge, MA
January 10 – February 3, 2013
An imaginatively and mythically inspired look at the end of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life.
The Impossible
Film (2012)
Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
Screenplay by Sergio G. Sánchez
Story by María Belón
An account of a Spanish family in Thailand during the tsunami of December, 2004, based on a true story.
Marry Me A Little
Musical Revue (1981)
Music and Lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim
Conceived and Developed
by Craig Lucas and Norman Rene
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 6 – 27, 2013
A delightful, compact repackaging of a collection of Sondheim songs that almost made it into various of his shows.
Silver Linings Playbook
Film (2012)
Written and directed
by David O. Russell
A film about a man with bipolar disorder who develops a friendship with a woman who faces mental and emotional challenges of her own.
33 Variations
Play (2007)
by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Boston, MA
January 4 – February 2, 2013
An ingeniously interwoven narrative about Beethoven and his authoring of the Diabelli Variations, and a contemporary musicologist who tries to uncover their secrets, in a beautifully tuned production.