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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Moonbox Productions Arrow Street Arts Center Cambridge, MA September 28 – October 20 2024 Moonbox Productions‚ once again, delivers a top-notch production of a Broadway musical. This season’s opening score is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, David Yazbek and … Continue reading
Urinetown at Lyric Stage
Urinetown: The Musical Lyric Stage Boston September 20 – October 20, 2024 What do you call a musical whose heroine spends the second act kidnapped, gagged, and bound to an office chair in an underground sewer? What do you call … Continue reading
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt The Huntington September 12 – October 13, 2024 Leopoldstadt is an epic play. The Huntington has created an epic production. Tom Stoppard’s highly autobiographical play is the sweeping tale of an extended Jewish family from the glorious dawn of … Continue reading
Let the Season Begin!
The Hound of the Baskervilles Over the years The Awkward Pose has evolved. This blog, initially centered on yoga, became a forum about Haiti post-earthquake, then a chronicle of bicycling across America (a couple of times) while our nation descended … Continue reading
Summer Fun of Water and Sand
I pedaled over to Revere Beach on a gorgeous July day to see the sand sculptures at the 20th Annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival. Got say, Revere Beach is looking better than any time in my 40+ years … Continue reading
The Circles of Verizon Hell
Several folks told us we had antiquated internet and streaming services; that Cambridge is no longer a Comcast-captive town; we should upgrade our package and pay less for more options. We made a spreadsheet of our respective costs, my housemate … Continue reading
An Open Letter Following the First Presidential Debate
I am pleased to share awkward pose duties this week with John Bringenberg, author, father, and concerned citizen who presides over an NGO focused on sustainable living. Dear Jill, Dear Barack, I think you know that you have a vital … Continue reading
Before Amazon…Before UPS…Before Western Union…Before the Pony Express…
Recently, I’ve been reading Revolutionary War history, in particular Nathanial Philbrick’s Bunker Hill and Stacy Schiff’s The Revolutionary Samuel Adams. Both great reads by historians with a knack to turn past events into page turners. In each book, one character … Continue reading
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Say No to Swag
The only way we are going to create a just, equitable, sustainable, and resilient society is by starting to live in ways that are just, equitable, sustainable and resilient. At a grand scale, this requires complete rethinking of our aggressive, … Continue reading
Cool Car
Summer is nigh, time to be light, even a bit silly. The other day, riding my bike, this car passed me. Wow! First thing I noticed was the color, some kind of mango peach. Very tropical. Then of course, there … Continue reading
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