810 stories by "Thomas Garvey"
I did post a comment on Ian Thal's Clyde Fitch article some time ago - I believe last Friday. It doesn't seem to have worked it way through "moderation" yet, which has me a little worried; …
Shylock prepares to take his pound of flesh in Habima's Merchant of Venice.That's the intriguing question that Boston's own Ian Thal raises (I think unconsciously) in a post on the new Clyde…
The opening scene of Magic Mike. I think I just saved you $10.I haven't been to a movie in a queen's age, but this weekend I had a free evening, so I thought - why not? I've been meani…
Blogger and frequent Hub Review commenter Ian Thal has an amusing series of posts on his battle to be heard - despite his status as a volunteer - at the national Theatre Communications …
Steven Barkhimer, Richard Snee, and Barlow Adamson search for pussy up in Gloucester.Just in case you can't quite limn the theme of Round and Round the Garden, the last round of Alan Ayckbou…
Detail from Rembrandt's 1665 Portrait of the Artist.I spent the weekend down in Houston, sweltering in 99-degree heat, doing (happy) family stuff, escaping only long enough to drop by H…
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan leads the singing waiters in the title tune.Slowly, up in Beverly, a small theatrical renaissance has been going on at the North Shore Music Theatre. As loyal re…
You may have already heard of young Emily White, who has quickly become the poster girl for clueless millennial cultural destruction. But if you haven't, you may want to peruse her nar…
I know, I know. Criticizing Bill Marx is like shooting fish in a barrel. But sometimes I just can't resist.Bill has always been under the delusion that he writes trenchant, incisive critic…
Samuel L. Jackson goes after A.O. Scott.When Samuel L. Jackson "hit back" at New York Times critic A.O. Scott over his review of The Avengers, Jackson only typed 105 characters into his Twit…
Gabriela Martinez"Headshots" (as photographic portraits of performers are known the world over) are designed to enhance physical strengths - and conceal physical flaws. In the case of …
I got two of these mailers just yesterday from local theatres. Full-color, stapled booklets, with images "bleeding" off the edge - basically the most expensive thing you can print. One of th…
Allyn Burrows and Melis Aker in I Capture the Castle.Theatre people are always singing the praises of taking a risk. Risk, risk, risk. It's all about risk!But there's nothing mor…
Waterston and Amato begin their next lover's quarrel. Photo(s): Paul Marotta.If you haven't noticed (and why should you have?), the debate over new plays vs. classics has once again coughed …
Denise Drago makes her move on Will Schuller in Your Wildest DreamsLast weekend I checked out one of the final performances of my buddy Joey Pelletier's play Your Wildest Dreams, produc…
Anton Ego, the epicene food critic of Pixar's Ratatouille.Since the seeming "triumph" of capitalism with the fall of the Berlin Wall, our modes of cultural discourse have, almost unconscious…
I came across this on Art's site. He found it on the Times site.And it is so fucking stupid it makes me want to cry.This sad excuse for a "conversation" seems to have been sparked by Samuel…
At its best, Xanadu is highly a-musing; Photos: Craig BaileyOnce upon a time - perhaps as late as, say, 1980 - every English major in the Western world (and most college graduates) knew that…
Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra ProjectIt has been a big year for Gil Rose, founder and conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, which two weekends ago (!) mounted a pleasi…
Two future critics engage in a free exchange of ideas.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Helen (Aimee Rose Ranger) faces down the Trojan Women.To paraphrase Browning, a theatre's reach should exceed its grasp - so there's no shame, I think, in Whistler in the Dark's earnest, wel…
I'm late with several reviews - and one of those is the note I've been meaning to post for over a week regarding Boston Ballet's "Next Generation" performance, which occurred during the run …
Late night YouTube surfing brought me unexpectedly to the opening sequences of Brazil, certainly one of the greatest movies of the last thirty years. And I was shocked at how much more…
Emer O'Toole, hirsute Shakespearean critic.Everyone can stop sending me this link. I cannot change what dumb white chicks think! (Can anyone?) This particular one, Emer O'T…
Pretty vacant: Mark Morris's SocratesI've always been a fan of Mark Morris, so I was surprised as anyone that his big premieres at Celebrity Series last weekend proved so boring. …
