Film (2022)
Documentary
Directed by Amy Poehler
A balanced and comprehensive account of the lives and careers of the great comic duo, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, individually and as a pair, narrated from the perspective of their daughter Luci.
What The Constitution Means To Me
Play (2017)
by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
With Cassie Beck
Huntington Theatre Company
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater District, Boston
February 22 – March 20, 2022
An energetic and potent rendition of the autobiographical play performed originally by the playwright, now with a different star, still scintillating and captivating.
Witness
Play, Video Performance (2021)
Conceived and Directed by Igor Golyak
Arlekin Players
A multimedia online staged event largely about the refused attempt of the liner St. Louis to bring a boatload of Jewish refugees to Cuba – but also a reflection on contemporary anti-Semitism.
Don’t Look Up
Film (2021)
Written and directed by
Adam McKay
Netflix
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep , Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet
A rollicking farce about a comet headed for earth, the two astronomers who discover it, and the completely ineffective government which responds to it.
The Last Five Years
Musical (2001)
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
Lyric Stage
Copley Square area, Boston
November 12 – December 12, 2021
With Jared Troilo and Kira Troilo
Jamie and Cathy are getting divorced, or maybe they are getting married, or both. That’s the way it is in this poignant two-person musical in which one character goes forward and the other backward in time.