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The Big Hurt: MJ's ghost speaks!

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

Ferraro, a photo, and a legacy

Geraldine Ferraro's photograph stands proudly in a silver frame, inscribed to my daughter with the words, "You are my hero."
Tribute
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | April 01, 2011

Chi chi chi chi changes

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.)
Cicilline's rapid decline; riding RIPTA; the art of architecture; two artistic losses
By RUDY CHEEKS | April 01, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011

Like many great artists, Elizabeth Taylor, who died today at the age of 79, peaked at the age of 12. Her first lead performance in...
By Peter Keough | March 23, 2011

Podcast: Newscheck ii 3-23-11

DOWNLOAD: Podcast: NewsCheck 3-23-11 To download, right click and choose "Save Link As." Henry Santoro gives his "D-E-D" to famed late actress Elizabeth Taylor. I...
By MorningIntern | March 23, 2011

Scenes from the Plaza Classic Film Festival

Boston's Alloy Orchestra scores Metropolis EL PASO, TEXAS - It's the West Texas city that Whole Foods forgot, though the chain started up in Austin....
By Gerald Peary | August 24, 2010

Play by play: September 18, 2009

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

Play by play: September 11, 2009

Boston's weekly theater schedule

By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 11, 2009

Play by play: September 4, 2009

Boston's weekly theater guide
Plays from A to Z
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 04, 2009

Play by Play: August 28, 2009

Boston's weekly theater schedule
Plays from A to Z
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 28, 2009

Play by play: August 21, 2009

Boston's weekly theater schedule
Plays from A to Z
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 21, 2009

Play by play: August 14, 2009

Boston's weekly theater schedule
Plays from A to Z
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 14, 2009

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

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?
Epic (1997)
By BRETT MILANO | July 03, 2009

High drama

It's a quintessential rock-and-roll love story. Sort of . . .
The glam amalgam of MEandJOANCOLLINS
By BARRY THOMPSON | May 01, 2009

Dr. Lovemonkey: Cautionary Tales

I've been going out with this guy at work for about four months and, although I love him dearly, he seems distant while we are at work.
Dr. Lovemonkey answers your questions
By DR. LOVEMONKEY | April 24, 2009

Bard in the USA

"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."
Next season's greetings from the American Repertory Theatre
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 17, 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

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

Play by play: February 13, 2009

A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
Plays A to Z
By PHOENIX STAFF | February 10, 2009

Play by Play: February 6, 2009

A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
Plays A through Z
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 03, 2009

Review: Angel

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

Still crazy after all these years

Since Dorothy Parker died, in 1967, Carrie Fisher is probably the most hilarious screwed-up person alive.
The Force is with Carrie Fisher in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 15, 2008

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

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.
Remembering a movie star who turned himself into a great actor
By STEVE VINEBERG | October 01, 2008

Life of Don

Mad Men continues to take us back to a time we think we know.
Mad Men ’s dark nostalgia
By JON GARELICK | July 21, 2008

They always beat Gypsies

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

Building better bodyguards

This article originally ran in the May 2, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix .

Inside a Connecticutt "anti-terrorist driving school"

By MICHAEL MATZA | May 01, 2008

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