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...Michele Topor’s culinary tour of the North End. Topor, a trained chef and resident of the North End for almost four decades, has been leading trips through the area for the past 14 years. The first stop on the three-hour walking and tasting tour was Maria??s Pastry Shop, five minutes from the Haymarket station on the T’s green line. The skepticism I had for the tour and the North End lasted all of 15 minutes. It faded when Topor herself intoned “there’s no such...
...caused by a stroke. Her death and life launch Docx’s intense portrait of his characters and the Russian roots that tie them all together. It is a portrait, above all, of the strength of his characters’ familial bonds, which only fully manifest themselves following Maria??s death. The fallout from her death changes the lives of her children in huge and unexpected ways, wrenching them out of their jobs and relationships.Maria’s death brings Gabriel and his sister Isabella to St. Petersburg, the seedy seat of their family?...
...deftly played by the inestimable Ms. Bamford. It all hinges on elegantly cheap editing and rich character illustrations—oh, and also she’s really funny. But what keeps you coming back for more is the fact that, beneath the technical innovation and hilarious writing, Maria??s tale of living at home after a series of career failures describes clinical depression in such a frank, open way that you’d be heartless if you didn’t feel a deep, cathartic belly laugh rise from your guts. Catch her before she?...
...soprano voice, which at times requires strain in order to hear it, is highlighted in “Somewhere” and compliments Brondfield’s rich tenor. Since she does not attempt to impersonate a Spanish accent, it detracts from the ethnic conflict premise of the play. Maria??s disconnect from her Spanish linguistic heritage enhances the idea she and Tony may not actually be that different after all.Dina Gohar ’06, as Anita, delivers the most captivating performance. As often occurs with secondary characters in musicals, Gohar steals the show by employing...
...wistfully in the wings while watching a performance of Othello’s Desdemona by her employer, London’s “leading lady” Ned Kynston (Billy Crudup). She mouths his lines with practised passion, for despite a ban on female actresses in public theater, Maria??surprise, surprise—harbors ardent aspirations for thespian glory of her own. The filmmakers missed a golden opportunity to exploit the subtle human side of a fascinating historical moment, creating an unconvincing hodgepodge of hackneyed aphorisms...