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florida psychic speaks to michael jackson

The Big Hurt: MJ's ghost speaks!

A Florida psychic gets the message from Michael
In case you've been bummed by the dearth of posthumous Michael Jackson tracks, I've got some good news.
By DAVID THORPE | June 24, 2011

Ferraro, a photo, and a legacy

Tribute
Geraldine Ferraro's photograph stands proudly in a silver frame, inscribed to my daughter with the words, "You are my hero."
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | March 30, 2011

Chi chi chi chi changes

Cicilline's rapid decline; riding RIPTA; the art of architecture; two artistic losses
The title of this item sounds like I blatantly lifted if from some old David Bowie song. Would I stoop so low? (Don't answer that.)
By RUDY CHEEKS | March 30, 2011

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Play by play: September 18, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 17, 2009

Play by play: September 11, 2009

Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 09, 2009

Play by play: September 4, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater guide
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 02, 2009

Play by Play: August 28, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 26, 2009

Play by play: August 21, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 18, 2009

Play by play: August 14, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 11, 2009

Review: Michael Jackson | Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

Epic (1997)
Personally, I'm fascinated by Michael Jackson, who may be the only truly deviant artist in modern pop: who would you really find scarier in a dark alley, him or Marilyn Manson?
By BRETT MILANO | July 01, 2009

High drama

The glam amalgam of MEandJOANCOLLINS
It's a quintessential rock-and-roll love story. Sort of . . .
By BARRY THOMPSON | April 28, 2009

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Bard in the USA

Next season's greetings from the American Repertory Theatre
"You know," Paulus observes, "we are the American Repertory Theatre, and we haven't spent a lot of time in the repertoire on American drama."
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 15, 2009

Daddys and lovers

The Lyric gives Williams's Cat new life; Dirty Dancing on stage
The Lyric gives Williams's Cat new life; Dirty Dancing on stage
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 19, 2009

Play by play: February 20, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 17, 2009

Play by play: February 13, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 11, 2009

Play by Play: February 6, 2009

Plays A through Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 09, 2009

Review: Angel

Inglorious kitsch melodrama
But Ozon has a wry plan, for the conventionally told tale switches tone and becomes a very funny bodice ripper itself.
By GERALD PEARY | December 16, 2008

Still crazy after all these years

The Force is with Carrie Fisher in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking
Since Dorothy Parker died, in 1967, Carrie Fisher is probably the most hilarious screwed-up person alive.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 22, 2008

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Remembering a movie star who turned himself into a great actor
Paul Newman, who died last weekend at the age of 83, was that rarest of creatures, a movie star who turned himself into a great actor.
By STEVE VINEBERG | October 01, 2008

Life of Don

Mad Men ’s dark nostalgia
Mad Men continues to take us back to a time we think we know.
By JON GARELICK | July 22, 2008

They always beat Gypsies

Joseph Losey at the HFA
From the beginning of his career in movies, Joseph Losey was persecuted — chased out of town.
By A.S. HAMRAH | July 08, 2008

Building better bodyguards

Inside a Connecticutt "anti-terrorist driving school"
This article originally ran in the May 2, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By MICHAEL MATZA | May 01, 2008

Fleeting sounds

Remembering Tim Haslett, plus Morton Subotnick comes to town
This week saw the unexpected passing of Tim Haslett, a key figure in Boston’s underground music scene for many years.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | March 24, 2008

When Jacko was king

The 25th anniversary of Thriller
Richard Nixon may be the only figure whose decline in popularity eclipsed Michael Jackson’s.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | February 26, 2008

Bottled-spider web

Trinity’s Richard III; plus Shakespeare’s Actresses in America
Richard III is a thing of additions and subtractions.
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 05, 2008

Chimp Boy hits and runs

Warmonger’s handlers make mockery of 1st Amendment
Gosh, what an honor when Dubya the Chimp Boy finally had the balls to make an appearance in the Biggest Little last week.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 02, 2007