Circa's CIRCA "A Hypnotic Night of Small Miracles" (login)

Boston Globe critic Don Aucoin reviewed Circa's CIRCA at the Paramount Theatre (it runs through Sunday, part of your friendly neighborhood Celebrity Series), writing "it’s impossible not to admire the rigorous artistry of “Circa,’’ with its fusion of acrobatics, gymnastics, and performance art." Read the complete review here. (you might need to login)

This is one of those shows that even video has a hard time capturing, but check out a brief video of the show:

Globe: Basil Twist's Petrushka is "magic on a string"

Terry Byrne reviewed Basil Twist's Petrushka for today's Boston Globe. Here's a snippet:

"'Petrushka,' which is playing at the Paramount Theater in a joint presentation by the Celebrity Series and Arts Emerson, is a delightful melange of Stravinsky’s music, and the legendary Ballet Russes choreographer, Michel Fokine, who staged it. In the original ballet, the dancers played puppets that come to life and in this version, the puppets dance when they come to life."

Read all of Petrushka is magic on a string.

Basil Twist's Petrushka runs through November 21.

Jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater on Talk of the Nation today (audio)

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater, jazz vocalist and host of NPR's JazzSet, brings To Billie With Love, A Celebration of Lady Day, to Boston's newly refurbished Paramount Theatre on March 27 and 28 (courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Celebrity Series).

Ms. Bridgewater made an appearance today on NPR's Talk of the Nation (can one make an "appearance" on radio?) in support of her tour and new CD, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959), To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. Joining the conversation was Billie Holiday biographer Farah Jasmine Griffin (If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday)to talk about the great Lady Day.