Episode 4: Benjamin Zander Part 3
(recorded live) We discuss the bringing art to the people, exploring new paths, and making memories.
http://benjaminzander.com/
Boston Philharmonic Concert, http://www.bostonphil.org/,
MAHLER SYMPHONY No. 7
Thursday, April 26 @ 7:30pm
Discovery Series
Sanders Theatre
Saturday, April 28 @ 8pm
Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm
Jordan Hall
Sunday, April 29 @ 3pm
Pre-concert talk at 1:45pm
Sanders Theatre
Episode 3: Benjamin Zander Part 2
(recorded live) We discuss the Boston Philharmonic, arts organizations in general, and arts education
http://benjaminzander.com/
Boston Philharmonic Concert, http://www.bostonphil.org/,
MAHLER SYMPHONY No. 7
Thursday, April 26 @ 7:30pm
Discovery Series
Sanders Theatre
Saturday, April 28 @ 8pm
Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm
Jordan Hall
Sunday, April 29 @ 3pm
Pre-concert talk at 1:45pm
Sanders Theatre
Episode 2: Benjamin Zander Part 1
(recorded live) Interview with conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. Talks about Mahler 7th and how to get people more involved in the arts. http://benjaminzander.com/
Correction: Mahler waited 6 months to write the first movement, not 6 years.
Boston Philharmonic Concert, http://www.bostonphil.org/,
MAHLER SYMPHONY No. 7
Thursday, April 26 @ 7:30pm
Discovery Series
Sanders Theatre
Saturday, April 28 @ 8pm
Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm
Jordan Hall
Sunday, April 29 @ 3pm
Pre-concert talk at 1:45pm
Sanders Theatre
2012 IRNE Award Winners Continue reading
Gary Ng
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, Wheelock Family Theatre, 4/13/12-5/13/12, http://www.wheelockfamilytheatre.org/feature-performance.aspx.
Reviewed by Kate Lonberg-Lew
(Boston, MA) The story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan is known worldwide. The drama of Sullivan’s struggle to reach a child locked away by blindness and deafness is well covered in cinema, theater, and literature. But Helen was not the only one that Sullivan would need to teach in order to be successful. Before she could reach Helen, she would need to teach the Kellers the dangers of pity and self-indulgence. They would need to learn to be strong. Continue reading
Pirate Lives, book and lyrics by David Marino, music by Stephen Gilbane, additional lyrics by Stephen Gilbane, Deanna Tolliver, and Sasha Goldberg, Flat Earth Theatre, 4/20/12-4/28/12, Black Box Theatre at Arsenal Center for the Arts, http://flatearththeatre.com/shows/2012/pirate-lives/.
(Watertown, MA) Uppercrusters and swashbucklers cross swords this April as Flat Earth Theatre stages the world-premier of Pirate Lives! The Musical! at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. Written by Somerville playwright David Marino with composer Stephen Gilbane, Pirate Lives! pays crass homage to the works of Noel Coward with a tip of the hat to Gilbert and Sullivan. Continue reading
Episode 1: Geeks, Nerds & Artists Podcast: Janie E. Howland 10 April 2012
Photos of designs are displayed in this Flickr photoset.
Interview with Boston based set designer Janie E. Howland. http://www.janiehowland.com
Credits include: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (New Rep), The Miracle Worker (Wheelock Family Theatre), History Boys and 5 by Tenn (Speakeasy Stage), Big River (Lyric Stage Company), Tonya & Nancy (Oberon), Breaking the Code (Underground Railway), Spring Awakening and Little Women (Boston Children’s Theatre). Venues include: Weston Playhouse, NSMT, New Rep, ART Instit., Nora Theatre, Stoneham Theatre, Seacoast Rep, Merrimack Repertory, Wheelock Family Theatre, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre Studio 210, Opera Boston, Emerson Stage, Barnstormers, Foothills Theatre. Founding member of CYCO SCENIC; MFA from Brandeis University; 2009, 2006 and 1997 winner of the Elliot Norton Award; 2007 & 2006 winner of the IRNE award; part time faculty at Wellesley College and Emerson College; USA local 829.
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, Turtle Lane Playhouse, 4/13/12-4/29/12, http://www.turtlelane.org/showdetail.php?show=SpellingBee.
Reviewed by Becca Kidwell
(Auburndale, MA) Healthy competition is good for children!–Well, that’s what everyone says. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee tells a story that soccer and hockey parents have been learning in the past few years: kids still need to be kids. It’s hard enough to adjust to the physical, social, emotional changes without being expected to act like an adult. Continue reading
Nikkole Salter and McCaleb Burnett in Kirsten Greenidge’s THE LUCK OF THE IRISH. March 30 – April 29, 2012 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. huntingtontheatre.org. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.
The Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Center for the Arts Virginia Wimberly Theatre, 3/30/12-5/6/12, http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/2011-2012/The-Luck-of-the-Irish/.
Reviewed by Gillian Daniels
(Boston, MA) When the upwardly mobile Lucy and Rex Taylor (Nikkole Salter and Victor Williams, respectively) are unable to buy a house in Boston because they’re black, they turn to Patty Ann and Joe Donovan (Marianna Bassham and McCaleb Burnett) to buy one for them during the 1950’s. The complex relationship this creates between them bleeds over into the early 2000’s when the Harrisons’ grandchildren discover the elderly Donovans want the house back. The drama that results is tight and enjoyable. Continue reading
Steve Kidd, Will McGarrahan, Victor L. Shopov, & Shelley Bolman in The Temperamentals. Photo by Mark S. Howard
The Tempermentals by Jon Marans, Lyric Stage Company, 3/30/12-4/28/12, https://lyricstage.com/
main_stage/the_temperamentals/.
Reviewed by Craig Idlebrook
The oppressed can’t name their condition without fear of reprisal. They can’t gather together. They can’t escape their condition in the traditional refuges of family, community, friendship and sex. Imagine trying to create change swimming against such a tide. Continue reading
