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Fuse Opera Review: Boston Midsummer Opera Provides the Perfect Summer Break

Boston Midsummer Opera may be performing in a new location, but all their virtues have arrived at Watertown intact.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Arsenal Center for the Arts, Boston Midsummer Opera, Il Companello, L’Amico Fritz, Susan Davenny Wyner

Theater Review: Are the Iraqis “Waiting for Gilgamesh”?

Playwright Amir Al-Azraki is in the camp that believes that the Iraqis themselves bear much of the responsibility for the chaos in their country.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Arsenal Center for the Arts, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Marc S. Miller, Waiting for Gilgamesh: Scenes from Iraq

Coming Attractions in Theater: January 2011

The new year kicks off with some welcome signs of frisky energy, though it would be nice to see more new plays. Respectability is provided by a homage to Rose Kennedy as well as productions of Pulitzer and Tony award-winning scripts. Marionettes and politics arrive via Bread and Puppet and An Exciting Event. As for […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Afterlife: a ghost story, American Repertory Theater, An Exciting Event, Arsenal Center for the Arts, ArtsEmerson, Barnden Jacobs-jenkins, Boston, Bread and Puppet Theater, Charlestown Working Theater, Company One, Decapitalization Circus, Edward Albee, Huntington-Theatre-Company, In the Footprint, Kathrine Bates, Lynn Nottage, Lyric stage company of boston, Neighbors, New Repertory Theatre, Peter Schumann, R. Buckminster Fuller, Rose Kennedy, Ruined, Steve Jockey, The Civilians, The Color of Rose, The Goat or, The History and Mystery of the Universe, The Moondog Madrigal Puppet Show, The Return of Ulysses, The Understudy, Theater, Theresa Rebeck, Thomas Derrah, Who is Sylvia?

Theater Review: A Listenable ‘Opus’

“Musicians take all the liberties they can.” — Ludwig Von Beethoven Opus by Michael Hollinger. Directed by Jim Petosa. Staged by the New Repertory Theatre at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA, through April 17. Reviewed by Bill Marx In Opus, dramatist Michael Hollinger belies Beethoven’s frustrated observation about the free-wheeling nature of […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Arsenal Center for the Arts, Benjamin Evett, Jim Petosa, Michael Hollinger, New Repertory Theatre, Opus

Coming Attractions in Theater: April 2010

Any month that includes an attempt to get kids into the poetry of Shakespeare, inspirational women, and talking chickens looks fairly promising. By Bill Marx 1: Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World by Kevin G. Coleman. Directed by Jenna Ware. Presented by Shakespeare and Company at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Lenox, MA, […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Act a Lady, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Charlestown Working Theater, Company One, Flat Earth Theatre, Jason Slavick, Jordan Harrison, Karen MacDonald, Kevin Mullins, Le Cabaret Grimm, Lois Roach, Mary's Wedding, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, On This Moon, OrigiNation Dance Troupe, Pamela Gein, Portland Stage, Robert Hewett, Roman Conquest, Shakespeare and Company, Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Stephen Massicotte, terry-byrne, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz Ellie, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Performance LAB, The Syringa Tree, Theatre on Fire, Trinity Repertory Company

Coming Attractions in Jazz: March 2010

By J. R. Carroll March is the month for Elder Statesmen—and drummers. Bassist Buster Williams has played and recorded with, well, damn near everyone, and currently leads his own Something More Quartet; they’ll be coming to Scullers on March 2 at 8 p.m. Photo by Mandy Hall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Drummer […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music Tagged: Acton Jazz Cafe, Amazing Things Arts Center, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Berklee Performance Center, Boston Jewish Music Festival, Buster Williams, Cindy Blackman, Don Byron, Hankus Netsky, Harvey Diamond, Honeyboy Edwards, Jim Repa, Joe Hunt, John Scofield, Jorge Perez-Albela, Judy Bressler, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kenny Werner, Klezmer Conservatory Band, Lily Pad, Marc Benno, Oscar Castro Neves, Paul Combs, Rebecca Cline, Regattabar, Respect Sextet, Roy Haynes, Ryles, Scullers, Steve Langone, Sun Ra, Tadd-Dameron, Tony Williams Lifetime, Toots Thielemans

Coming Attractions in Theater: March 2010

Highlights on stage this month include the world premiere of a drama about evolution by a respected local playwright and an intriguing collection of plays and musicals that bring an unusual perspective to topics ranging from love and music to extinction and dehumanization. And the wait is over: a show featuring singing dinosaurs has arrived. […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, American Repertory Theater, Apple, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Boston, Boston Center for the Arts, Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Central Square Theatre, Company One, Holland Productions, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Jim Petosa, Melancholy Play, Melinda-Lopez, Michael Hollinger, New Repertory Theatre, Opus, Othello, Peter-DuBois, Publick-Theatre, Sarah-Ruhl, Shakespeare, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Stoneham Theatre, The Adding Machine, Theater, Underground Railway Theater, Vern Thiessen

Coming Attractions in Jazz: January 2010

By J. R. Carroll If January inspires a desire for warmer climes and a trip to the tropics isn’t in the cards, you can still come in out of the cornstarch and dry your mukluks as musicians who’ve brought their traditions to Boston from around the world turn up the heat. Zili Misik and their […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music Tagged: Acton Jazz Cafe, Alma, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Claudio Ragazzi, Cyro Baptista, Doug Johnson, Eguie Castrillo, Evan Harlan, Fernando Brandao, Fernando Huergo, Fly, Geetha Ramanathan Bennett, Golden Striker, Jeff Ballard, Jequere, Jose Pienasola, Karina Stone, Keita Ogawa, Larry Grenadier, Lily Pad, Lizard Lounge, Luciana Souza, Marc Rossi, Mark Turner, Mulgrew Miller, Nando Michelin, Nat King Cole, Natraj, Obbini Tumbao, Outpost 186, Prasanna, Rafiq Bhatia, Regattabar, Romero Lubambo, Ron Carter, Russell Malone, Ryles, Sanders Theatre, Scullers, Tiempo Libre, Tito Puente, Zili Misik

Coming Attractions in Jazz: October 2009

For a genre that supposedly expired in the 1950’s, the big band’s vital signs seem remarkably robust here in Boston. By J. R. Carroll A welcome recent addition has been the compositions and arrangements of tenor saxophonist Florencia Gonzalez, which layer vivid sonorities and intricate counterpoint atop Afro-Uruguayan candombe and Argentinian tango. She brings her […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film, Jazz, Music Tagged: Arsenal Center for the Arts, Arturo O'Farrill, big bands, Boston, Cape Cod, Dominique Eade, Florencia Gonzalez, George Russell, Grand Fatilla, Greg Hopkins, Gunther Schuller, J-R-Carroll, Jazz, JazzFest Falmouth, Jonathan Batiste, Musaner, Natraj, NEC Jazz Orchestra, New England Conservatory, Pat Martino, Randy Weston, Wayne Shorter

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