Month: November 2011
The Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of “Macbeth,” with sets designed by John Conklin, is based on elements of a New York City Opera production and plays up the macabre elements of the story, which are many.
Read MoreThe nine tales found in “Maybe This Time” chart the unnerving psychological transformations of its characters. Its style forces us to reconsider our ways of reading and our childlike dependency on narrative authority.
Read MoreBoston’s Cantata Singers opens its 48th season with an eclectic musical mix of the Baroque and the Modern.
Read MoreInescapably erotic, flowers are all about desire. What are they but a glorious exhibition and frame of their own genitals?
Read MoreCongratulations to the Boston Jewish Film Festival are certainly due to its longevity and general quality.
Read MoreEntertaining and provocative, this quick-witted and dreamlike evening of theater suggests that imbalances of power sacrifice individual freedoms and love. Everyone becomes a doll (master and servant) in a doll society.
Read MoreCharles Busch’s plays are informed by an obsession to playfully upend iconic film genres. This time it’s the celluloid celebration of nuns, and what a divine romp it is.
Read MoreAfter intermission, Mr. Lang closed the concert with Frederic Chopin’s Twelve Etudes (Op. 25). This is music in which Mr. Lang is completely in his element, and his performance of these fearsomely difficult pieces was a marvel of extraordinary technical skill.
Read MoreNot only is TAPFS considered the best Pink Floyd tribute band, but it is argued that they are the best cover band in the world.
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