I've already deconstructed Charles Isherwood's review of Lydia Diamond's Stickfly - do I really have to do the same thing for the New Yorker's equally-erratic theatre queen, Hilton Als? &nbs…
I wish I could say the current Apollinaire Theatre production of Uncle Vanya was truly great, rather than just pretty good; it's the kind of production that you root for, because it's a chal…
Well, the Globe story on the Opera Boston mess dropped today, revealing that the company's closing seems to have been not so much a case of malfeasance (as I once speculated), as a case of c…
Christy Pusz gets in touch with God. Photo: T. Clark Erickson.There's a telling moment in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage (at the Huntington through Feb. 5) in which Alan, an alpha-male …
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Will LeBow and Omar Robinson plot their next move against Starbucks. Photo by Mark S. Howard.The Lyric Stage definitely has a superior cast to serve up Superior Donuts; they just …
Four-year-old Alexei Orohovsky watched Ali's variation from Le Corsaire on Youtube, and then came up with his own version at his summer dance intensive. Enjoy! (And watch out for this kid in…
A lot of people have been emailing to ask, "Why the hell are you diddling around with the sh*t that Parabasis says, when you're not covering the collapse of Opera Boston?"And I don't really …
As has oft been noted, pop charts the national mood much the same way an analysand's chatter inevitably betrays his or her buried fears and desires.So I wonder - what should we make of our n…
J. Holtham, just to prove he's not really dedicated to smearing people's reputations and stifling discussion the way everyone thinks he is, has now gone and made himself look stupid as well …
The recent, nasty brouhaha over at Tom Loughlin's "A Poor Player" reminded me again of one of the ironies of the blogosphere - that it's often riven by immature battle-royales between horrid…
Photo by Kayan Szymczak for the Boston Globe.I'm terribly late with this review, and I feel especially guilty because the concert in question was delightful, as Boston Baroque's annual doubl…
"A piece of shit, wonderfully executed."You can't help but admire Mike Daisey when you're watching him - even when, as was the case this New Year's Eve in Boston, he has nothing coherent to …
I admit I'm mightily amused by the revulsion so many critics have suddenly evinced at the House that Ruhl Built (of string, no less). Whimsy? Quirk? A structureless narrative free-for-all…
If you're looking for New Year's resolutions, here are a few suggestions. Woody Guthrie's, from 1942 (below) are all classics - particularly "Stay glad," "Dance better," and "Love ever…
It's going to be a slow week, so I thought to myself - what about filling up some space in the blogosphere with a self-retrospective, a "Best of the Hub Review," to go with my other annual "…
Yes, the last night of the year has once more rolled around - only in these parts we call it "First Night" rather than "Last Night" (perhaps for obvious reasons). And once more hordes …
Candide at the Huntington2011. To be perfectly honest - it wasn't all that great a year (and I'm not talking about just the weather). In 2010, my "best of" list ran to 20 product…
I know, I know. As is its wont, the Globe has once again attacked the performing arts in the name of "saving" them. It's hardly news that journalists are closet culture-haters, I suppose -…
I know, I know, it has only been a little more than a month since the last Hubbie Awards. But I have seen some pretty good shows since then! And I felt it was conceptually cleaner to …
Ruby Rose Fox, Bill Barclay, and Gabriel Kuttner in various disguises. Photo(s): Stratton McCradyPart of the Actors' Shakespeare Project gestalt is the idea that they're always on the …
We're up in the snowy woods of Maine, as we usually are at Christmas, with family and friends. So don't expect much blogging over the next day or so, as we'll be too busy eating and drinking…
The young singers of Stile Antico.Last weekend I got a double whammy of medieval and Renaissance polyphony - I caught the chart-topping Stile Antico (above) at the Boston Early Music Festiva…
Blue Heron in flight. Photo by Liz Linder.The overflow crowd at Blue Heron Choir's Christmas concert last Friday was more evidence (if you needed any) that medieval polyphony - particu…
Barlow Adamson and Andrew Cekala dream of a Red Ryder bb gun. Photo(s) by Andrew Brilliant.I'm quite sure A Christmas Story (at the New Rep through December 24) is a nostalgia piece, b…