810 stories by "Thomas Garvey"
Steven Barkhimer as Krapp. Photos: Marc S. MillerYou could argue, I suppose, that the Fort Point Theater Channel's effort to find a companion piece to Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape was …
The actors of Not By Bread Alone.Occasionally, a theatrical experience is truly unique. So extra-ordinary, in fact, that the normal tools of criticism fall useless before it - because throug…
The Jerusalem String QuartetAt first I couldn't believe me eyes at intermission - indeed I had to look at my Celebrity Series program twice - the Jerusalem Quartet was really founded in 1993…
Violinists like Mr. Tetzlaff are hardly a dime a dozen . . .You know, just when you think you've seen everything . . .. . . you see something new.Take last Sunday at Jordan Hall - site…
Morgan Ritchie premieres his new play in The Seagull. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.I suppose it had to happen sometime, but I'm sorry to report that director Maria Aitken, who has helme…
Sean Patrick Gibbons and Aubin Wise. Photo: Marc J. FranklinCasting directors, take note - this is a quick, late nod to Bridge Rep's production (it closes tonight) of Michael John…
A remarkable partnership: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in concert. Photo: Robert TorresAs musical marriages go, there are few happier ones than the long alliance between cellist Yo-Yo Ma and p…
The talented cast of Something's Afoot. Photo: David Costa.I did want to throw a rose to the cast of Something's Afoot (above), which closed its run at the Stoneham Theatre last weeken…
The Takács QuartetIn Hungarian, the word "takács" means "weaver," and I was struck by how appropriate that moniker was for the Takács Quartet during their recent appearance at …
Mehta in action at Symphony Hall. Photo: Robert TorresHistorical and political ghosts almost seemed to haunt the recent Celebrity Series appearance of the Israel Philharmonic, which las…
Jeffrey Cirio, Misa Kuranaga, and one of three oranges in Cinderella. Photos: Gene Schiavone.Boston Ballet has by now carved out a reputation in almost every choreographic niche. …
Michael Mayes and Nadine Sierra take flight in Rigoletto. Photos: Eric Antoniou.Traditionalists take note: I can guarantee you will be pleased with Boston Lyric Opera's new Rigoletto (…
Kissin at the keyboard last Sunday. Photo: Robert TorresAmong classical pianists, Evgeny Kissin perhaps embodies the deepest clash between personal and musical affect. His specialty is …
John Kuntz at rest as The Whale. Photos: Craig Bailey.It's hard for actors to believe this - or even understand it - but great acting alone doesn't make for great theatre. In sho…
I'm sure many of you have heard or seen (it went viral some time ago) the impromptu speech at Dublin's Abbey Theatre by Irish drag queen "Panti Bliss" (a.k.a. Rory O'Neill) on the latest tre…
These actors are "wooden" in a good way. Photos: Alastair Muir.I've begun to develop a personal theory about Shakespeare, and how civilization has related to him over the centuries. We…
Olivia D'Ambrosio and Elizabeth Anne Rimar try to take flight. Photo: Andrew BrilliantOkay, Ellen McLaughlin's Tongue of a Bird. We'll keep this one short. Actually, the short, sh…
Stanley Kubrick - A Tribute from Alexandre Gasulla on Vimeo.. . . that the "divine" Stanley Kubrick passed away (March 7, 1999). To mark the anniversary, we're posting the superb tribu…
Mathieu Herzog, Gabriel le Magadure, Raphael Merlin, and Pierre Colombet. Photo: Julien MignotOnce upon a time, there was a rumor that Ringo Starr had asked the other Beatles to re-name thei…
Jill Tanner and Felicity La Fortune in Equally Divided. Photos: Meghan Moore.Ronald Harwood's Equally Divided (at the Merrimack Rep through this weekend only) often feels like a theatr…
Joseph Marrella, Kelby T. Akin, Paula Plum and Ken Baltin in Death of a Salesman. Photo: Mark S. HowardWhen playwright Arthur Miller died in 2005, you could sense a slight condescensio…
Conductor Harry Christophers (Photo: Stu Rosner)I've dawdled over reviewing the Handel and Haydn Society's rendition of Vivaldi's Gloria (which took its final bow over a week ago) large…
Leonidas Kavakos and the "Abergavenny" Strad.This post is partly a valentine to Leonidas Kavakos, the celebrated violinist who played Jordan Hall last weekend as part of Celebrity…
Tynberly Canale and Mikhail Baryshnikov share a dance in "About Love." (Photo: T. Charles Erickson)You couldn't say that Man in a Case, at ArtsEmerson through this weekend only, isn't intere…
Whitney Jensen and Jeffrey Cirio in C. to C. (Close to Chuck) Reborn. (Photo: Rosalie O'Connor)I think Bostonians know by now that an evening of contemporary work from Boston Ballet is…
