Aesthetic encounters in the Boston area and sometimes beyond
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.
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.
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.
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.
Play (1937)
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Cromer
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
December 7, 2012 –
January 26, 2013
The classic drama about a small New Hampshire town and the very large implications of life within it, expertly done.
