810 stories by "Thomas Garvey"
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis in Porgy and Bess.I think what I'll remember most about the recent A.R.T. production of The Gershwins' 'Porgy and Bess' (henceforth just Porgy and Bess, btw) wa…
I guess I've been a little slow admitting to myself what a lot of other people have been saying for quite some time:Maybe Charles Isherwood does suck.I just finished reading a rave - and I m…
The Boston PhilharmonicLast weekend's season opener from Ben Zander's Boston Philharmonic proved full of surprises (even its press reception was a bit shocking) - and thus it provided a pret…
This weekend is a crowded one, stacked with major events, even for a season in full swing. What I'm seeing: first, Trinity Rep's New England premiere of Bruce Norris's Pulitzer-winning…
Liz Hayes and Bobbie Steinbach in Collected Stories. Photo: Andrew BrilliantDonald Margulies chose an old, simple tale for the spine of his two-hander Collected Stories. Perhaps y…
Damian Cote, Notice: There will be no parade for this warIt was somehow culturally telling that the tenth anniversary of 9/11 became a national obsession - while the same anniversary p…
Mary Zimmerman's definitive production of Candide gave its final performance yesterday at the Huntington, and you know the partner unit and I had to be there (it was our third time at the sh…
The two are: Candide at the Huntington, and The Speaker's Progress at ArtsEmerson. Candide is a kind of masterpiece reborn; a truly incredible cast - led by the unbelievable Lauren Mol…
This is just a quick post to note a trend that I think many of us have been conscious for a long time, and that can be summed up in the following question: is New York the new Peoria? …
A tableau on the Isle of the Dead. Photo: Gary Sloan.José Mateo remains as dependable as ever. His latest program, "Broken Shadows," (at the Sanctuary Theatre, near Harvard Squa…
Nassar Al Nassar and Faisal Al Ameeri grove with Shakespeare's Lord of Misrule.As Rodgers and Hammerstein might have said, the Arab Spring is bustin' out all over - we just saw the intriguin…
What's behind Door Number 7? Bluebeard and his bride prepare to find out.When Béla Bartók and librettist Béla Balázs took on the themes of Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard's Castle," th…
Sometimes, wishes do come true. Only days ago, I discovered the new Jaume Plensa sculpture on the MIT grounds (above and at left, with frequent Hub Review contributor Ian Thal getting lost …
In what has become a kind of ritual, Beyoncé has once again been accused of plagiarizing someone else's moves - this time those of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, a Belgian choreographer (…
I actually didn't think the Boston Police Department would be this stupid. But they were. The country's economy can be trampled to pieces as far as they're concerned, but NOBODY TOUCH THOS…
Jaume Plensa, The AlchemistSo I'm riding the Dudley Bus from Symphony to Harvard Square the other day (to get from Bluebeard's Castle to Jose Mateo), which I hardly ever do anymore now that …
Degas and the Nude, the utterly absorbing retrospective at the MFA through February 5th, contains no "official" self-portrait by the complicated French genius, I suppose.And yet at the same …
Laurel y Hardy bailan a Santana! This routine has been set to a lot of pop songs, but this is the classic.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
. . . this very silly post needs no explanation. (Admit it, you laughed.)The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Damien Cote - Banner hung in Boston last week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Afghan War.As part of his commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the launching of the U.S. war in …
From Neil Gaiman's blog.Now if you were Amanda Palmer, and you went to the Edgar Degas exhibit at the MFA, ask yourself -What would you be inspired to do?Well. obviously, you'd strip. …
"The Ish"NYT theatre critic Charles Isherwood (left) admitted today that he just doesn't get Adam Rapp. And after many a pan, he'd like to cut the playwright a little slack; maybe somebody …
Of the four best shows in town, three are closing this weekend. You only have till Sunday to catch the intriguing Persian Quarter up at Merrimack Rep, a pitch-perfect revival of T…
I received the note below earlier this week from Greg Cook, head of the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, friend of the Hub Review, and all-around agent provocateur:To mark the 10th…
Omar Robinson and Marianna Bassham catch the wave in Twelfth Night. Photos: Stratton McCrady.Long-time Hub Review readers know I am fascinated by the Actors' Shakespeare Project. Some …
