Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Igor Golyak
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 23 – October 17, 2021
At first, a rambunctious take-off on the Shakespearean original, contextualizing the interior drama with a heavy dose of pantomime, but ultimately tonally complex and attentive to the problematic nature of the play.
My Name is Pauli Murray
Documentary Film (2021)
Directed by Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Amazon Studios
A superbly done documentary about the pathbreaking civil and gender rights activist.
The Tempest
Play (1611)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston
July 21 – August 8, 2021
A beautifully rendered, trim but energetic, version of the great late Shakespeare play, expertly tailored for an outdoor pandemic crowd on Boston Common.
In The Heights
Film, Musical (2021)
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Based on the musical stage play by Quiara Alegría Hudes and
Lin-Manuel Miranda
A hard not-to-like extravaganza about Washington Heights, Manhattan with Bollywood-type dance scenes and unexpected special effects, based on the 2008 musical by the Hamilton wiz Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Gowns and Pajamas
Watching the 2021 Virtual Golden Globes
Television, Film
NBC
February 28, 2021
By Tim Jackson
A wry look at this year’s pandemic virtual Golden Globes, strung together from a lot of different celebrity living rooms.