Play, written and directed by D. W. Jacobs From the Life, Work and Writings of R. Buckminster Fuller Starring Thomas Derrah American Repertory Theatre Cambridge, MA
Ruined
Play by Lynn Nottage Huntington Theatre Company A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse and Berkeley Repertory Theatre Boston University Theatre January 7 – February 6, 2011 Directed by Liesl Tommy Choreography by Randy Duncan Scenic design by Clint Ramos With Tonye Patano (Mama Nadi),Oberon K.A. Adjepong (Christian), Pascale Armand (Salima), Jason Bowen (Fortune), Carla Duran […]
The King’s Speech
Film Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jennifer Ehle A great little film about a speech problem and its repair. Of course, the one with the defect was about to become a king, amplifying its significance considerably. Who knew that King George VI had a speech problem? I didn’t, but […]
Don Carlo
Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Based on a play by Friedrich Schiller Metropolitan Opera, New York Can the production really be as good as they say it is? Apparently so. Marina Poplavskaya, in the female lead, steals the show. Before seeing this production, I had read such a glowing review in Time magazine that I was […]
The Social Network
Film (2010) Directed by David Fincher Written by Aaron Sorkin Based on The Accidental Billionaires by Mark Mezrich With Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg), Rooney Mara (Erica Albright), Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin), Armie Hammer (Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss), Justin Timberlake (Sean Parker) Is this what Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is really like? And did […]