‘In the Heights’: Movie with a song in its heart
Before there was “Hamilton,” the hottest ticket on Broadway, there was this Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes musical about a hot summer in Washington Heights, where music and dreams drive the pulse of a multifaceted Latinx community.
Visit Central Square Theater virtually Thursday with Marathon’s free, 10-minute ‘Good Mother’
The Boston Theater Marathon XXIII: Special Zoom Edition – free, 10-minute plays by New England playwrights and theaters – brings The Underground Railway at Central Square Theater’s contribution Thursday.
Viola Davis is Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, but what year it is makes all the difference to fun
Television and film actor Viola Davis will get a very different Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year celebration Thursday than Elizabeth Banks did in January 2020, before the pandemic locked us down.
Parlor tricks of ‘Conjurors’ deliver astonishment
What elevates the magic of the A.R.T.’s online “Conjuror’s Club” is the level of intimacy and connection brought to the table by having audience members participate in the mind-boggling illusions.
Spaces for creativity coming to Kendall Square will be shaped by new nonprofit called 585 Arts
An independent nonprofit called 585 Arts has been formed by BioMed Realty and Cambridge-based Global Arts Live to run the creative side of a BioMed’s property in Kendall Square, from its 10-acre Canal District to the 16-story lab building it expects to open in 2025.
Women & Science Theater Fest plays and panels virtually reinvent April at Central Square Theater
A monthlong festival highlighting underrepresented voices in science – women and Black, indigenous and other people of color – arrives in April to the Central Square Theater, with plays, panels and events that bring more than 30 artists and scientists to the virtual stage.
Kendall Square lab tower with public arts space approved, gas transfer station removal included
Enthusiasm for a lab building in Kendall Square that includes a $40 million arts space and additional $15 million public space and activity area swept the City Council along to a unanimous recommendation Monday.
A week’s worth of things to do, live or streaming
The coronavirus lockdown got boring fast, especially once the charm of lying blank-faced in front of Netflix for hours wore off. Fortunately, more entertainment options have begun to return to Cambridge and Somerville, live and streamed.
Starlight Square welcomes its first audience, giving hint of theater, dance, comedy to come
Starlight Square, which includes an outdoor entertainment stage, courtyard for dining and community area, got a welcoming ceremony Friday for its expected Wednesday opening date, with a peek at what’s coming in terms of theater, dance and comedy for its existence through October.
Council delay in assistance for arts nonprofits looks fatal for at least one, and others worry
A surprise delay in funding for arts nonprofits in crisis from coronavirus could mean the end of at least one cultural institution – the [email protected] in Central Square – and has caused worries that more will follow.
