A scene from Hamilton, with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, as the first secretary of the Treasury. OK, this is the year to jump into the Tony Awards pool. The problem is you have to find people who do not know that Hamilton is likely to sweep the musical categories. Or you have to know which of the three featured actors in Hamilton will emerge triumphant. Even if you … [Read more...]
Profile tells us a lot about pope, but still comes up short
Pope Francis has impressed Catholics and non-Catholics alike with his displays of compassion and kindness for the less fortunate. Many will recall that on Holy Thursday in 2013 Francis visited an Italian youth prison, where he said Mass and washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including a Muslim boy and two girls, one a Catholic and the other a Muslim. It was the first time … [Read more...]
‘Equalizer’ wastes a lot of people, including its star
When we first encounter Denzel Washington in the new action vehicle The Equalizer, he’s living an awfully un-Denzel-like life. He works in a home-repair big-box store, where he spends his lunch breaks advising a coworker on how to eat healthy and lose weight. He takes the bus to work, he lives alone in a modest Boston walkup, and in his downtime, he reads masterpieces (The Old … [Read more...]
‘Camelot’: A once and future good idea
The void created by the demise of the Caldwell Theatre Company is still felt on the local arts scene, but at least artistic director Clive Cholerton’s concerts of musicals have found a home at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Newly dubbed the Musical Theatre Masters Series, it launched this weekend with Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Camelot and other selections appear to be … [Read more...]
For Anna Kendrick, odds of stardom are better than 50/50
You could never accuse Anna Kendrick of avoiding offbeat projects. She copped an Oscar nomination two years ago as the cold-blooded tech geek in Up in the Air, a comedy about corporate downsizing. In 2007, she co-starred in a high school debate team tale with the off-putting title of Rocket Science. And this Friday she plays a novice therapist in the cancer comedy, 50/50. … [Read more...]