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Revels cut short

By Ron Newman - 12/22/21 - 7:07 pm

The Christmas Revels, held annually in Harvard's Sanders Theatre, usually continue for several days after Christmas. This year, the show was scheduled to close on December 29. Instead, tomorrow's performances will be the final ones for 2021:

Regrettably, and with the safety of our cast, crew, and audience in mind, Revels has made the difficult decision to cancel our six post-Christmas performances (Dec 26 – Dec 29). We encourage you to join us virtually for our extended run, streaming December 30 – January 9.

Slutcracker throws in the vibrator, cancels remainder of performances due to Covid-19

By adamg - 12/20/21 - 10:25 pm

Slutcracker producers announced today the show can't go on, after at least one cast member tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Read more.

Last hurrah for the old Doyle's in JP: Boston Strangler scene to be filmed there

By adamg - 12/20/21 - 9:02 am

The production company currently filming the new Boston Strangler movie is telling neighbors of the empty shell where Doyle's used to be that they'll be shooting a scene there on Jan. 6, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Read more.

Kicky crowd surfer floods the Middle East, brings firefighters

By adamg - 12/11/21 - 3:43 pm

New England Sounds reports a particularly frenetic crowd surfer at the recent Candy show at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge managed to kick out a ceiling sprinkler pipe that flooded the venue until Cambridge firefighters arrived to turn off the water. Read more.

The Boston Strangler returns, at least as a set in the South End

By adamg - 12/7/21 - 3:16 pm

South End street used for Boston Strangler movie

Frank Petangeli reports filming for the Boston Strangler remake is happening in the South End.

New England's first all-digital AM station goes live, right here in the Boston area

By adamg - 12/2/21 - 10:26 pm

WSRO-AM at 650 on your dial, yesterday became the first AM station in New England to convert to the digital HD format, the folks at the Boston Radio Interest mailing list report. Read more.

Wu considering vaccine requirement for indoor venues

By adamg - 11/24/21 - 8:49 am

As Covid-19 cases rise, WGBH reports Wu is looking at requiring proof of vaccination as an entry requirement for restaurants, theaters and clubs.

Capt. Kirk beams down to East Boston

By adamg - 11/7/21 - 7:45 am

Brian Riccio forwards this shot of William Shatner after a meal at Rino's on Saratoga Street in East Boston last night. Looks like he enjoyed himself, even if they were out of Saurian brandy.

So a Faneuil Hall musician is performing a John Legend song when John Legend walks up

By adamg - 10/18/21 - 9:32 am

People recounts what happened at Faneuil Hall Marketplace yesterday.

Mask hater tries to rip mask off woman in Downtown Crossing

By adamg - 10/12/21 - 9:24 am

Hush Crew is a group of local, mostly Asian-Americans who like to dance in public to K-pop. The other day, they were at Summer and Washington street, dancing. Between sets, they wore masks. And that really set some random guy off, to the point where he started calling them communists and tried to pull the mask off one of them. Read more.

A honking good time all over the place

By adamg - 10/10/21 - 1:02 pm

In the Before Times, activist brass bands from all over the place would join up for a parade from Somerville to Harvard Square. This year, Honk was more spread out - across Somerville, Cambridge and Boston. Greg Cook caught some of the performances yesterday.

Ron Newman was in Nubian Square for some Honking.

Venerable Roslindale restaurant to play role in Whitney Houston biopic

By adamg - 10/5/21 - 10:16 pm

The Pleasant Cafe on Washington Street tomorrow will stand in for a restaurant important in the life of singer Whitney Houston, according to notices to neighbors. Read more.

Bad crowd from Brockton blamed for turning Mattapan Square nightclub into a fight club

By adamg - 10/5/21 - 11:20 am

Update: Licensing Board found the club had adequate staffing and could not have foreseen the problem, so no violation.

The owners of Macumba Latina on River Street in Mattapan say they have stopped Thursday-night events that were heavily promoted in Brockton following a July incident in which River Street was shut by knots of people throwing punches at each other. Read more.

Revived, Scottish-accented Bella Luna in Jamaica Plain can have a liquor license, if City Hall can scrounge one up

By adamg - 9/30/21 - 3:39 pm

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request by the owners of the former Bella Luna and the current Haven for a liquor license with which to re-open the Bella Luna space at the Brewery complex on Amory Street - if it turns out the board has one to dole out. Read more.

Up from the dead? Jacob Wirth could re-open after all, with a new owner and an old Newbury Street bar's liquor license

By adamg - 9/29/21 - 5:13 pm

A man who was involved in the mass purchase of Boston dives a few years back has filed plans with the city to re-open the seemingly dead-and-buried Jacob Wirth on Stuart Street. Read more.

Body in a movie trailer

By adamg - 9/22/21 - 9:07 am

Firefighters at movie trailer where body was found

Firefighters at the trailer. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports that a body was found in a movie trailer at a BCEC parking lot on Cypher Street behind the convention center around 5:30 a.m.

The trailers are possibly for "Spirited," a musical version of "A Christmas Carol" being filmed downtown.

Dancing, 911 calls get Leather District lounge hauled in for hearing

By adamg - 9/21/21 - 10:56 pm

Eddie Firmin, Joseph Feaster, Robert Ciccolo and Kathleen Joyce in Zoom hearing.

City licensing head Kathleen Joyce is considering cutting back closing time at Savvor, 180 Lincoln St. - and could even revoke its entertainment license - over a string of late-night incidents that the local police captain says is draining his resources when he's already got the Theater District and Faneuil Hall Marketplace to worry about. Read more.

An early winter comes to Devonshire Street in New York

By adamg - 9/20/21 - 11:04 pm

Snow Devonshire Street made to look like a New York street

Jonathan Berk captured the spirit of the season on Devonshire Street, made to look like New York for the Ryan Reynolds/Will Ferrell musical "Christmas Carol" remake. They did a good job: Nobody was yelling "Yankees suck!"

A moving picture

By adamg - 9/17/21 - 11:59 pm

The Somerville Theatre ran its projectors for the public tonight for the first time since it shut in March, 2020. Our own Ron Newman was there for re-opening night. He saw Last Night in Rozzie.

Will Ferrell as a ghost on a snowy London street in downtown Boston

By adamg - 9/9/21 - 10:20 pm

Boston street gets Scrooged

A roving UHub videographer managed to snag a bit of video yesterday of Will Ferrell as a ghost counseling Ryan Reynolds as Scrooge on Marshall Street downtown (that cobblestoned alley near the Union Oyster House0 for "Spirited," a musical telling of Dickens's Christmas classic.

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