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Music: Judy Collins
Aug. 16, 2010
The folk legend was named after Judy Garland. But she never recorded Garland’s greatest hit. Now Judy Collins tells Jared Bowen about why she decided to sing, Over the Rainbow.
Art: Nicholas Nixon's photography at the MFA
Aug. 11, 2010
The Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit Nicholas Nixon: Family Album features over 70 black and white photographs of the photographer's family. The centerpiece is The Brown Sisters – an annual photograph of his wife and her three siblings he has taken for 36 years.
Art: Sculptor Charles LeDray's gallery at the ICA
July 15, 2010
The big idea behind the art of Charles LeDray is small sculpture. Jared Bowen previews the new LeDray exhibit which opens tomorrow at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The micro-sculptor's works will be on display at the ICA’s West Gallery until October 17th.
Art: Chakaia Booker art at the deCordova Museum
July 12, 2010
Over the past decade, Chakaia Booker has become one of America's most important contemporary sculptors. Booker is best known for making sculptures out of recycled materials, notably tires. Her sometimes monumental work is now on display at the deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum in Lincoln as part of the Chakaia Booker: In and Out exhibit.
Art: Encaustic art at Montserrat College
July 8, 2010
Encaustic painting is an art style were pigment is suspended in beeswax. It’s an ancient artistic medium that’s been around since the Greeks used it to polychrome their sculptures. While it's relatively unknown art form, a recent encaustic painting sold for more than $28 million.
Music: Folk singer-songwriter Ellis Paul
July 7, 2010
In the early 1990s, Ellis Paul was among a group of singer-songwriters in Boston who changed the nature of folk music—giving it a more urban identity. This week he’s returned to celebrate his 20th anniversary with a series of performances at Club Passim in Harvard Square.
Theater: Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
June 30, 2010
Sophie Tucker was an entertainer, known for her bawdy sense of humor and outspoken views on men and relationships. Her story comes to life in the New Repertory Theatre production of Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas.
Theater: Into the Woods at the Reagle Music Theatre
June 22, 2010
The Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston opens its 42nd season with the Stephen Sondheim musical, Into the Woods. Jared Bowen speaks with Rachel York, the Broadway star of the production.
Theater: Johnny Baseball at the A.R.T.
June 10, 2010
Move over Damn Yankees! Boston now has a musical about the Red Sox! Johnny Baseball plays at the American Repertory Theater until June 27th. The story jumps back and forth in time to examine the imaginary story behind the infamous Red Sox curse. The curse begins when an orphan named Johnny Baseball refuses to leave his black girlfriend after signing with the Red Sox.
Theater: The return of the Paramount Theater
June 2, 2010
The Paramount, Boston’s newest old theater, has been renovated to its former glory. The Paramount closed in 1976 reopened in March after a $92 million renovation. The Paramount's re-opening allows the theater company Arts Emerson to kick off its season.
Theater: Blithe Spirit and Prelude to a Kiss
May 27, 2010
Jared Bowen and theater critic Terry Byrne look at two new local stage productions. Blithe Spirit, Noël Coward’s play about a séance gone wrong, plays at the Lyric Stage Company through June 5th. Prelude to a Kiss, Craig Lucas’ play about a young bride who switches bodies with an older man, plays at the Huntington through June 13th.
Art: Glass artist Josh Simpson
May 24, 2010
Jared Bowen takes us to Josh Simpson’s newest exhibit A Visionary Journey in Glass. 100 works of the self-taught glass artist are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton.
Dance: Black & White at the Boston Ballet
May 20, 2010
The Boston Ballet company premiers Jirí Kylián’s acclaimed Black and White tonight.This is the first year that Boston Ballet will perform all five of Kylián’s ballet programs. Black and White made history by exceeding sale goals and making Boston Ballet the first company outside of the Nederlands Dans Theater to perform the full program.
Music: The Boston Pops' Kennedy tribute
May 19, 2010
Last night, the Boston Pops premiered The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, commissioned by the Pops and composed by Peter Boyer. Actors Robert De Niro, Cherry Jones, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman read excerpts from famous speeches delivered by John, Robert and Edward Kennedy, accompanied by music from the Pops.
Theater: Hot Mikado and The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz Ellie
May 13, 2010
Center Stage looks at two new shows, Hot Mikado and The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz Ellie. Company One presents Emancipation, a story about life before and after the Emancipation Proclamation. Hot Mikado is the New Repertory Theatre's jazz adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical The Mikado.
Theater: The Great American Trailer Park Musical
May 11, 2010
SpeakEasy Stage Company production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical plays through May 30th. It's a musical about agoraphobia, adultery, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, kleptomania, flan and disco.
Theater: August: Osage County star Estelle Parsons
May 6, 2010
Oscar winner and Marblehead native Estelle Parsons is starring in August: Osage County, which plays at the Colonial Theatre until May 9th. The play is about an Oklahoma family that reluctantly reunites after the family patriarch disappears. Parsons plays the family's cruel-spirited matriach, Violet Weston.
Theater: Young Frankenstein at the Boston Opera House
Apr. 22, 2010
The musical inspired by the Mel Brooks’ film opened last night at the Boston Opera House. Jared Bowen speaks with the cast about how Brooks has brought new life to this musical monster.
Art: Storytelling art at Wellesley College
Apr. 13, 2010
Jared Bowen visits the Davis Museum in Wellesley for the contemporary art of a historic tribe from India. The fascinating exhibit is called Painted Songs & Stories: Pardhan Gond Art From India.
Theater: The Huntington Theatre Companys' Becky Shaw
Mar. 24, 2010
Jared Bowen looks at the Huntington Theatre’s production of Becky Shaw, a dark comedy about a “blind date gone bad.” In the play, a newlywed couple arranges a date with two romantically challenged friends that results in a comedic crisis.
Art: Master of the Spanish Still Life at the MFA
Mar. 23, 2010
The works of Luis Meléndez, one of the greatest still life painters of the 18th century is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life. Meléndez's art stood out from other artists because he focused more on fruit and food than portraits of nobility.
Art: The MFA's new wing
Mar. 11, 2010
In this Greater Boston exclusive, Jared Bowen tours the new wing of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Art in America wing is a $500 million addition with over 60,000 square feet of galleries.
Theater: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Caretaker and Sleep No More
Oct. 15, 2009
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