810 stories by "Thomas Garvey"
I don't know if you've been following all of the recent Romney dirt. But you might be interested to learn the latest.The first point is that Bloomberg has done a little digging, and ha…
What's "in the intersection," honey.How is it?Well, disappointing. And I can't tell whether the people who put it together are in the end brave or cowardly - or just guiltily greedy. Are t…
Two of Boston's best young actors - Zach Eisenstadt and Luke Murtha. Photos - Timothy DunnEvery segment of the theatre-going audience has its own sentimental theatrical genre, I suppos…
Get out the vote. Or else.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Jeffrey Cirio takes flight in Awake Only.Perhaps Boston Ballet's intriguing "Fall Program" (through this weekend at the Opera House) is title-free because the marketing department has finall…
People have been asking for a reprise of a Hub Review tradition - our list of "scary movies for smart people." It's almost too late to watch one of these on Hallowe'en, of co…
Kristen Sollek, David Trudgen, Amanda Forsythe, Andrew Garland and Owen Willetts let rip.I'm late with my thoughts on Partenope, from Boston Baroque - when I would generally have run for the…
Here in Boston we largely dodged the wrath of Hurricane Sandy; but our friends to the south, of course, were not so lucky.At left, a photographer caught a rainbow "touching down" in Manhatta…
A recent Associated Press poll has revealed that Americans have become more, rather than less, racist since President Obama's election. In fact now a slight majority - 51% - of America…
One Republican, at least, has spoken the truth.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Alas, it has been quite some time since I've handed out Hubbies - so some of the winners in this round were seen in the summer months. Somehow I don't think they'll mind the belated bo…
Ken Cheeseman and Cliff Odle wonder if they're up to the eightieth page yet at the New Rep.I can tell you precisely the moment I gave up on David Mamet's Race; it's the moment when one chara…
In case you missed it, Republican "pundit" Ann Coulter recently called our president "a retard," tweeting "I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard."She rece…
Just in case you haven't seen the latest twist on Psy's hilarious video.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
So when do we speed-the-play? The cast of Race at the New Rep.It's hard to remember, as you watch Race (at the New Rep through November 4), that David Mamet was once a great playw…
In a televised "master class" from 1979, these two great talents lead us through a guided tour of one of the late, great sonnets - #138 - in the process limning the braided density of meanin…
Grant MacDermott looks for a way out. Of this script.Just last month, with David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the Huntington showed us how to do a political play. And now, with …
Lubovitch does Morris doing Brahms.It's hard not to be dazzled by Lar Lubovitch and his dancers - who hold the stage for one more night (tonight!) at the Schubert, thanks to Celebrity Series…
Berenson and McEleny just before the madness.More bad news on the Bard front, I'm afraid. I've held off on my review of Trinity Rep's King Lear till the last minute because - well, actu…
The issues that Beverly Creasey and I have begun discussing in an ongoing series (and which we chewed over on Tuesday with the new task force on diversity that is forming at StageSource) see…
War Horse showreel from Toby Olie on Vimeo.Footage from Toby Olie's performances in War Horse, starting as the hind puppeteer of Joey in the National Theatre's original production, alongside…
. . . but as we have said, wherever craft is brought to bear on a cultural artifact, attention must be paid! So we thought we 'd post this amazing half-time show by the Ohio Stat…
Detail from Botticelli's Madonna of the MagnificatI'd been looking forward to the Handel and Haydn season opener - a Bach orgy focused on the Magnificat - because artistic director Harr…
Here it is again, in case you missed it. (Sorry for the ad! Hat tip to Mike Daisey, who else.)The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Merrimack Rep takes the Kerouac legend off-road with Beat Generation.Last weekend Merrimack Rep played host to a minor - maybe even a major - literary event: the world premiere of Lowell hom…
