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This film about dinner with the neighbors is a winner
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (210+ words) The film begins with a quote from Oscar Wilde: "One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry." It portends much for both couples, but most pointedly for Joe and Angela. Wilde assumed her own…...
Mel Brooks at 100 and the best movie about Boston
1+ week, 6+ day ago (97+ words) Cambridge Day As a nonprofit, community-based independent publication, we rely on contributions from readers like you to fund our journalism. Natalya Cafasso, who wields the "p"e, earned medals at the world championships in Rio and began competing in senior…...
Norton Award winner Ken Urban on bringing tough topics to the stage
4+ week, 1+ day ago (488+ words) Cambridge Day spoke with Urban about writing a play mired in the internet's darkest recesses. "The Moderate" tells the story of Frank Bonner, a content moderator whose job requires him to look at sexually explicit, racist and violent posts so…...
The undead can be funny, new production proves
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (303+ words) Central Square Theater resuscitates queer playwright Charles Ludlam's most produced play, his 1984 "The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful," bringing it back to life in a hilarious production directed by David R. Gammons. Like the many "undead" characters that haunt…...
Dance meets comedy in Cambridge
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (669+ words) News | Features | Commentary | Calendar Dance and comedy don't often go together, but two solo performers will mix movement with stand-up comedy at the Dance Complex this weekend. Both Maine-based performance artist Sara Juli and Boston visual artis Alexander Daniels will…...
A comedian turns a manic episode into a work of art in '300 Paintings"
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (451+ words) by Karenna Umscheid | Oct 5, 2025 | Theater | 0 comments Limor Garfinkle Sam Kissajukian's "300 Paintings" is a retold, not scripted, account of a manically creative episode. "The night before the show, I didn't know what to talk about, so I just put all the…...
Reviewed: 'Another Day In America,' 'Clown in a Cornfield' and 'The Pickup' in theaters and streaming now
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (796+ words) Tom Meek is a writer living in Cambridge. His reviews, essays, short stories and articles have appeared in The Boston Phoenix, The Rumpus, Thieves Jargon, Film Threat and Open Windows. Tom is a member of the Boston Society of Film…...