Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Trevor Nunn Starring Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch With Kevin David Thomas (Henrik Egerman), Stephen R. Buntrock (Mr. Lindquist), Jayne Paterson (Mrs. Nordstrom), Sara Jean Ford (Mrs. Anderssen), Kevin Vortmann (Mr. Erlanson), Betsy Morgan (Mrs. Segstrom), […]
Chakaia Booker: In and Out
Sculpture deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Lincoln, MA May 15, 2010 – August 29, 2010 Photo of Chakaia Booker by Nelson Tejada. I had not heard of Chakaia Booker before seeing this exhibit, but I was totally taken by her work. She almost exclusively uses rubber tires as the medium for her sculptures (with steel, […]
Daniel Kornrumpf
Embroidery Staff Exhibition deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Lincoln, MA Detail of Austin, Texas by Daniel Kornrumpf. Image courtesy of the artist. An embroidery “painting,” beautifully executed, done with detailed and elegant technique, of a brash, cool and vivid image. There is something callow and shocking in the expression of the figure in Daniel Kornrumpf’s […]
Winter’s Bone
Film (2010) Directed by Debra Granik Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini With Jennifer Lawrence (Ree Dolly), John Hawkes (Teardrop), Kevin Breznahan (Little Arthur), Dale Dickey (Merab), Lauren Sweetser (Gail), Tate Taylor (Mike Satterfield), Garret Dillahunt (Sheriff Baskin), Sheryl Lee (April), Shelley Waggener (Sonya) […]
Endgame
Play by Samuel Beckett Directed by Eric Hill With David Chandler (Clov), Mark Corkins (Hamm), Tanya Dougherty (Nell), Randy Harrison (Nagg) Berkshire Theatre Festival Stockbridge, MA from Mind-Boggling Mazes by Dave Phillips, Dover Publications, 1979. Endgame is a classic of modernist theatre, but it can be, at times, frustrating in its lack of coherent narrative […]