Opinion
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James Merrill on The Ring
One of America's Finest Poets Reminds Us of Golden Days
By: - May 15th, 2012The Ring is a defining experience for opera goers and other passionate members of the public. My brother and his wonderful poet wife pointed out this James Merrill poem to me.
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Peter Gelb Extends the Metropolitan Opera's Domain
The Great White Way is a New Model
By: - Apr 22nd, 2012Marketing into the Hollywood style and also Broadway musicals, Peter Gelb may have happened upon a solution to developing a new opera audience. Maybe.
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Boston Calendar April 22 - April 29, 2012
Art, Film, Music, Theatre and more ....
By: - Apr 21st, 2012Numerous unique events in Boston this week. Maestro Bernard Haitink leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s warm and ever-popular Pastoral Symphony. Handel and Hayden presents the memorable Mozart Coronation. The Celebrity Series showcases at Jordan Hall: Emerson String Quartet, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra ends its season with Mahler Triumphant! ArtsEmerson presents Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein while The Luck of the Irish final weeks continue at the Huntington Theatre. The Institute of Contemporary Art presents the 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival of animation and technical innovation.
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Boston Calendar April 16 - April 21, 2012
Art, Film, Music, Theatre and more ....
By: - Apr 13th, 2012A flurry of activities in both Boston and Cambridge this week. Do not miss the Elliot Norton laureate William Kentridge will present his animated films at the Harvard Archives. The Jewish film festival promises a variety of special movies. Maestro Bernard Haitink will conduct at the Boston Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn’s incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Institute of Contemporary Art & World Music/CRASHARTS showcases the unforgettable India Jazz Suites: Kathak Meets Tap.
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Boston Calendar April 9 - April 15, 2012
Films, Music, Theatre and much more
By: - Apr 06th, 2012Do not miss Huntington Theatre Company opening of The Luck of the Irish. The American Repertory Theater continues its creative & invigorating Futurity: A Musical by the Lisps. The Boston Symphony Orchestra presents Ravel, Salonen and Stravinsky under the baton of the acclaimed maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen while the Celebrity Series features the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The Harvard Film Archives showcases three exceptional films by Michael Glawogger and The Museum of Fine Arts presents films on Gerhard Richter Painting and Hollywood Scriptures series.
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Boston Calendar April 2 - April 8, 2012
Film, Dance, Music and Opera This Week
By: - Apr 01st, 2012Ed Pincus films at the Harvard Archives while the Turkish film festival continues at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The American Repertory Theater showcases Futurity: A Musical by the Lisps and the Boston Symphony Orchestra presents Brahms: A German Requiem. Leon Kirchner’s opera, Lily (a musical adaptation of Saul Bellow’s novel Henderson, the Rain King) will be performed at the New England Conservatory First Monday at Jordan Hall. Happy Passover and Happy Easter.
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Boston Speakers Series at Symphony Hall
Bill Clinton Launches Program October 3
By: - Mar 30th, 2012Like its inaugural season that sold out before the first lecture, The Boston Speakers Series sophomore season features some of the country’s most respected thinkers over seven Wednesday evenings, approximately once a month, beginning with President Bill Clinton in October.
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Boston Calendar March 26 - April 1, 2012
Film, Theatre, Music and More...
By: - Mar 25th, 2012The American Repertory Theater presents Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps while the Huntington Theatre Company features Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Luck of the Irish. The Boston Turkish Film Festival continues at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The Harvard Film Archives presents a retrospective on Carmelo Bene. The Coolidge Corner Theater features “She Stoops to Conquer†a play from the National Theater in London. The Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomes Orchestra Greek violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavados.
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Reflections on a Friendship: Don Shambroom and Martin Mugar
Heidegger, Entropy and DeKooning
By: - Mar 21st, 2012A luncheon with Boston artists and a dealer recreates Charles Giuliano's "Beer and Burgers" upped a notch to Pinot Noir and foie gras and leads to reconnecting with well-known Boston artist and erstwhile friend Don Shambroom.
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Lessons of the Soviet Collapse
The Times They Are a Changing Not
By: - Mar 21st, 2012Twenty years ago the mighty Soviet Union collapsed. Its legacy includes many things, from Sputnik to training Palestinian terrorists. One phenomenon especially deserves our attention. I strongly believe that by examining the Soviet failure we can learn something of vital importance.
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Gail Burns Announces Changes for Gail Sez
To Cease Actively Covering Theatre in the Berkshires
By: - Feb 20th, 2012Faced with a number of personal setbacks that require immediate attention Gail Burns of the site Gail Sez has announced that she will no longer review and document theatre in the Berkshires. In a note to colleagues and theatres she stated that “I will let the information currently up on the site lapse quietly, while behind the scenes I create an archive of my reviews, which will stay up in perpetuity. I know they are of value and interest to some of you, and I want them to stand as an historical record of theatrical activity in this area from 1997-2011. Your names and the art you created should not be forgotten…â€
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Elizabeth Warren Stumps in North Adams
Running Hard and Fast Against Senator Scott Brown
By: - Feb 18th, 2012Harvard Law School professor turned politician Elizabeth Warren is running hard to win back the vacated "Ted Kennedy" seat in the Senate seized by a then unknown Scott Brown. He soundly defeated Martha Coakley who was so confident of inheriting the famously liberal seat that she didn't bother to campaign. In a stump speech in North Adams, compared to the smug and apathetic Coakley making a similar appearance, Warren had her game face on.
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Whitney Houston: Drugs and the Stars
Whom the Gods Love
By: - Feb 15th, 2012There is always an enabler hanging out back stage or in the locker room to help the star or player to have an edge on stage or during the game. Yet again we learn of the untimely demise of a troubled superstar. This weekend Whitney Houston will be laid to rest in the New Jersey church where she once sang in the choir.
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
Exciting 2012 Season
By: - Feb 13th, 2012New York City Ballet (NYCB) will bring a dazzling, diverse repertory of 16 stunning ballets from its unparalleled repertory to its summer stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) July 10 - 21, including the July 14 World Premiere of a new ballet by NYCB dancer Justin Peck at the annual Ballet Gala. Other major highlights include the Saratoga premieres of new ballets by Christopher Wheeldon and Benjamin Millepied; Peter Martins’ dramatic, full-length production of Romeo + Juliet; Balanchine classics including Firebird, Symphony in C and Kammermusik No. 2 and first-ever Saratoga performances of Peter Martins’ The Waltz Project and Wheeldon’s DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse.
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Boston Calendar February 13 - 18
Film, Theatre, Music and More...
By: - Feb 11th, 2012Many wonderful things to do during a cold winter week: The Goethe Institute launches a primary source concert series: between house and stage – public and private music making in the 18th century. The Boston Symphony Orchestra proposes a special Valentine evening of Gastronomy and Music and free chorale masterpieces. The Boston Celebrity Series presents Soweto Gospel Choir. The American Repertory Theatre premieres “Wild Swans,†a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle in China, through the chaos and confusion of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. and much more to warm your heart and mind.
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Boston Calendar February 6 - 12, 2012
Film, Theatre, Music and more...
By: - Feb 06th, 2012Not to be missed Stephen Petronio’s Boston Premiere: performance of dance, music and visual imagery at the Institute of Contemporary Art; Emanuel Ax at Boston Symphony Orchestra; Sérgio and Odair Assad, duo guirtarits and Soweto Gospel Choir presented by Boston Celebrity Series. The Harvard Film Archives features live Director David Gatten in conversation with Curator Mark McElhatten. The Museum of Fine Arts presents a film on Boston College. The Boston Ballet showcases three ballets: Les Sylphides by Fokine, Polyphonia by Wheeldon and Symphony in Three Movements by Balanchine.
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Boston Calendar February 2 - 5, 2012
Film, Theatre, Music and more...
By: - Feb 03rd, 2012The Boston Symphony Orchestra features the cellist Gautier Capuçon while the Boston Conservatory Theatre presents The child Spells by Ravel. The Harvard Film Archives showcases Robert Fenz films with the director in person while the Museum of Fine Arts presents animation by Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli.
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10x10 on North
Winter Arts Celebration in Pittsfield
By: - Jan 27th, 201210X10 On North announces the schedule of events for the Berkshires’ first-ever winter contemporary arts festival, creatively enlivening downtown Pittsfield February 16-26 with art, dance, film, music, theatre, and more
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ICA Endows Positions
Half of Goal of $50 Million Raised
By: - Jan 24th, 2012Both the Director and Chief Curator positions have been endowed for the first time in the Institute of Contemporary Art's 75 year history. Ellen Poss has endowed the Director position, now named the Ellen Matilda Poss Director; and Barbara Lee has endowed the Chief Curator post, now named the Barbara Lee Chief Curator.
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Patriots and Paterno
A Sunday of Triumph and Tragedy
By: - Jan 23rd, 2012Yesterday the death of disgraced college football coach, Joe Paterno, at 85, and the triumph of an underdog, come from behind New England Patriots offered the unique invitation to compare and contrast. More than winning and losing sports are about character and facing challenges and adversity. More than covering the outcome of games is the opportunity to delve into the heart and soul of the human condition. The Patriots rose to the challenge while in facing his greatest test JoPa was found lacking in morality and character.
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Boston Calendar January 8 - 16, 2012
Film, Music, Theatre and Much More...
By: - Jan 09th, 2012The ICA has two extraordinary programs not to be missed: Dance/Draw exhibition and Trisha Brown Floor to Forrest performance final week as well as Andy’s Warhol: God Squad’s Kitchen that showed to sold-out performance in New York. The Harvard Film Archives presents three films by directors Dominik Graf, Christian Petzold and Christoph Hochhäusler the result of their correspondence on the subjects of film aesthetics, the Berlin School, Germany and the film genre. Music can be heard at the MFA: J.S. Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord and at the venerable Symphony Orchestra with excerpts of Weber, Beethoven, Harbison & Strauss.
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Gail Burns Part Three
Community Service in Addition to Theatre
By: - Jan 09th, 2012After Hurricane Irene hit and destroyed 300 homes in Williamstown I was among the first responders and I am proud to say that my work recently became incorporated as a non-profit called Higher Ground dedicated to providing ongoing assistance to the flood victims and working long-term on the crucial need for affordable housing in North County.
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Gail Burns Part Two
Publishing GailSez Since 1997
By: - Jan 08th, 2012Writing reviews of some dozen theatre companies within a two hour radius of her home in Williamstown is just one aspect of Gail Burns. Since 1997 her site GailSez has become an invaluable documentary resource of theatre in the region. This is part two of a critical discourse.
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Gail Burns of GailSez
Covering Berkshire Theatre Since 1997
By: - Jan 08th, 2012Few Berkshire based critics see more theatre than Williamstown based Gail Burns. She is know for feisty, passionate over the top reviews. Her on line site GailSez includes not only her own reviews but compiles lists and links to all of the other critics in the region. She also posts press releases and casting calls. It is a massive archive reaching back to 1997. This is the first segment of an extensive dialogue.
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Barrington Stage Streams 92nd Street Y
Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs January 24
By: - Jan 03rd, 2012Barrington Stage Company (BSC) continues the “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y†Simulcasts with three programs for winter 2012.
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