On 1969's Kidney Stew Is Fine, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson crafts scooting, good-time shuffle-blues, spiced with the harmonic sophistication of bebop. Vinson was a master of the blend: His seamless mix of ingredients makes Kidney Stew a delicacy.
Halle Berry stars as a newspaper reporter investigating bad guy Bruce Willis. The facts get fuzzy.
The Last Town Chorus' Megan Hickey plays and writes songs almost exclusively on lap steel guitar.
For most of us, the experience of going to war is impossible to grasp. A new audio-video installation at the Institute of Contemporary Art attempts to channel the chaos and confusion American soldiers feel on the ground in Iraq.
The 1960’s cult TV series “The Prisoner” has been remade and premieres this month on the AMC cable channel. Jim Caviezel stars as No. 6 and Ian McKellen as 2. Meanwhile, the 17-episode original series starring Patrick McGoohan as No. 6 has been re-released on DVD and is airing on the Independent Film Channel.
BOSTON — Two new musicals in Boston highlight some familiar subjects. “The Jerry Springer Show” is the slugfest of a syndicated TV program. “Grey Gardens” is an HBO movie drawn from a documentary about riches-to-rags relatives of Jacqueline Onassis. But WBUR’s theater critic Ed Siegel says these latest incarnations come with a twist.
BOSTON — The musical, “Spring Awakening,” which captured eight Tony Awards in 2007, is now on stage at Boston’s Colonial Theatre. At the same time, the original script on which it’s based, a German play from 1891, is at the Boston Center for the Arts. WBUR’s critic-at-large Ed Siegel reviews them both.
