810 stories by "Thomas Garvey"
Henry Purcell, England's greatest composer.Last weekend Handel and Haydn gave props to a composer they've rarely performed in the past - Henry Purcell (perhaps, as is often claimed, the grea…
Jill Rogati, Christopher Nourse and Kiki Samko listen up.If you haven't heard, the Beasts are back - the Imaginary Beasts, that is, and "back" with their annual winter panto, this time (loos…
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Yes, it's that time of year again - time to compile my list of nominees for this year's Independent Reviewers of New England Awards. (I've been a bad boy, actually, I'm at the very dea…
Home for the holidays in Palm Springs.Okay, I have to ask this right up front:Do you really care about aging Republicans in Palm Springs?Because I don't.And that's one reason I struggled wit…
Ta-da! I have nothing new to say, and that's fabulous! Photo: Michael J. Lutch.For those of you have written in to ask, I did indeed go see Diane Paulus's production of Pippin at the A…
For future reference.Sometimes the disinterest with which the Globe arts staff views its hometown is almost embarrassing.Just a few weeks ago, a seemingly ignorant Jeffrey Gantz innocen…
Vernoica Barron, bassist Tony Leva, and the witches of Vinegar Tom.Caryl Churchill liked to call her script Vinegar Tom (through Feb. 2 from Whistler in the Dark) "a play about wit…
Lost in Havel's untranslatable idiom.Václav Havel, who died last year, was one of the few playwrights who can claim to have had a larger role on the political stage than the dramatic one.…
Your basic U-Cheeseburger.Whenever I write about a restaurant, someone always emails to say (with an unseen eye-roll), "Yes, Thomas Garvey, we know you can get great food in town for $75 a h…
One Day, written and recited by Richard Blanco, at 44 the youngest inaugural poet. He is also the first immigrant, first Latino, and first openly gay inaugural poet.The Hub Review, the guid…
Richard Parker, burning bright . . .It took me a while to catch up to Life of Pi, because I believed the claims of some the dimmer movie critics: with its soulful, shirtless young star (Sura…
Remember to explain the rules of the trust fall IN EVERY DETAIL. Otherwise you could end up like this poor little kid - traumatized for life! (But admit it, you laughed.)The Hub …
As most Hub Review readers know, every summer I make a pilgrimage to the Stratford Festival to see Shakespeare the way it should be done; and I always spend at least part of that sojourn wor…
Jodie Foster Inspires Teens To Come Out Using Vague, Rambling Riddles (Sigh. If only they could nail better ads! Ugh.)The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Bost…
The "Invisible Man" blindly battles for a chance to attend college.Some sixty years ago, Invisible Man hit America's literary scene - and its racial consciousness - like a bombshell; an…
A barbershop quartet ("The Entertainers") lets rip with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" in a Tim Horton's in Ontario. Any questions? (Hat tip to Gregg Sorensen.)The Hub Review, t…
Phil Tayler and Erica Spyres in Marry Me a Little. I think they're both heterosexual here.You know what's great about Boston theatre right now? The talent pool has gotten so deep…
Survival of Serena briefly graced Petrosino Square in Manhattan last summer.You know, sometimes this art thing really isn't so hard.While surfing the web today, I was reminded of sculptress …
I've been wondering why I've had so much trouble cheerleading for the new Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative placing resident playwrights in theatres across the country.I mean I fee…
Paula Plum faces the infinite in 33 Variations.Sigh! The Vanya on 42nd Street Effect has struck again!What's that effect, you may ask? Well actually, that's just my shorthand for the p…
Photo of earlier Boston Baroque performance by Kayana Szymczak.Boston Baroque always breaks out the bubbly for its New Year's Day concert - both the musical bubbly and the literal bubbly (ev…
Historical fact - or Tarantino fetish? Or both?Whippings, and the welts they left on the backs of slaves, are a constant motif of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (above, one …
Wandering across the web today, I found this little gem documenting a recent base jumping event in Kuala Lumpur, sponsored by Turbolenza (an Italian sportswear brand). Despite the…
It's unusual for me to plug a local restaurant on the Hub Review, but Kitchen, at 560 Tremont (right across from the BCA theatres) is an unusual case in several respects.Wait, let me back up…
