A special filmed version of Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” starring one of the finest stage actors of our time, Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays, was released worldwide on Saturday. The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to thrilling new life as Mays plays over 50 roles in a virtuosic, master class…
Plays have power. They “hold a mirror up to nature.” (Thanks, Shakespeare.) Each month Boston Court Pasadena will read a play that is vitally relevant to something happening in the world today and then have a casual community conversation about the script and the story. The first book club discussion will discuss “Bars and Measures”…
By May S. Ruiz Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Passion’ takes center stage at Boston Court Pasadena from March 5 to April 19, 2020. Based on the film ‘Passione d’Amore’ directed by Ettore Scola, after the novel ‘Fosca’ by I.U. Tarchetti, this production is directed by Artistic Director emeritus Michael Michetti. It stars Richard Bermudez as Giorgio, Bryce…
Boston Court Pasadena continues its mission of fostering new musical talent with the Third Annual Emerging Artists Series, May 30 – June 9, 2019. The series will feature up-and-coming pianists, as well as vocalists who have been through a rigorous mentoring curriculum with some of Los Angeles’ most prominent musicians and coaches including Mark Robson,…
Join Boston Court Pasadena for readings of exciting new works-in-progress that are in keeping with the theater’s mission to bring audiences risky, adventurous plays that aren’t found anywhere else in Southern California. Many of the theater’s most memorable productions have been found as part of the New Play Reading Festival. Tickets are free, but reservations…
By May S. Ruiz Boston Court Pasadena launches its 2019 season with a rarely staged production of David Hare’s ‘The Judas Kiss’ from February 15 through March 24. This S. Mark Taper Foundation-sponsored play tells the story of Oscar Wilde’s love for Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas and follows his downfall through a brutal trial and…
By May S. Ruiz ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray,’ a play adapted from Oscar Wilde’s novella ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray,’ goes on stage from September 23 to November 16 at A Noise Within in Pasadena. Adapted and directed by Boston Court Pasadena’s Co-Artistic Director, Michael Michetti, its three main characters are Colin Bates as…
By May S. Ruiz Long before the word feminism entered our lexicon, women were coming together to indulge in intellectual pursuits that were deemed, at the time, to be the domain of the male species. That’s what a group of women who lived in 1750s London did when they formed The Blue Stocking Society. ‘Ladies,’…
