Film (2015)
Written and directed by
Quentin Tarantino
With Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth , Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum
A very long and violent treatment in classic Tarantino style of a bunch of cowboys and bounty hunters in Wyoming sometime after the Civil War who congregate in a roadside cabin.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Film (2015)
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
Based on characters created by George Lucas
With Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew
A continuation of the forty-year old film epic which hearkens back to the earliest installments in basic form while adding some new narrative touches.
Matchless and
The Happy Prince
Plays
By Gregory Maguire and
Oscar Wilde
Directed by Debra Wise
Underground Railway Theater
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
November 27, 2015 –
January 3, 2016
A pair of delightful interpretations of two tales: Matchless by the great contemporary Boston-area writer Gregory Maguire and The Happy Prince by the great Oscar Wilde, done simply and elegantly with live actors and inspired puppetry.
Up and Coming: KURIOS: Cabinet of Curiosities
Circus
Cirque du Soleil
Suffolk Downs, Boston
May 26 – July 10, 2016
Tickets go on sale 12/17/2015
The circus is coming to town again, this time under the big top with a great new show by the indomitable Cirque du Soleil, asking What if you could alter reality at will?
Natasha, Pierre &
The Great Comet of 1812
Musical (2015)
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Dave Malloy
Adapted from War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
American Repertory Theater
Cambridge, MA
December 6, 2015 – January 3, 2016
A wild, woolly, fun ride through the existential landscapes of Tolstoy’s War and Peace: operatic, rockified and rollicking.