Gordon Gottlieb

So DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE. Let me begin by heaping praise on female playwright Sarah Ruhl for bringing us a quirky and lovable female lead, and a story dominated by female characters. Second, thank goodness for En Route productions and their two female artistic directors, one of whom also directed the show, the other whom also designed the set. Third, credit is due to this theatre company for incorporating their work into the visual arts landscape to give us a double dose of worthy culture in a city where having a sandwich at Micklethwaite Meats is possibly as close as some hipsters will get to art or theatre.

The new Pete Seeger DVD is finally available, in tandem with the remastered CD of the 1997 album PETE, or separately. Although the DVD will not be released nationally until next year, pre-release downloads and physical copies are available though their website.

Jeff Britton and Broadway/Bound Productions presents A stunning and fiery new production by world-renowned artist Alessandra Belloni

Jeff Britton and Broadway/Bound Productions presents A stunning and fiery new production by world-renowned artist Alessandra Belloni

Jeff Britton and Broadway/Bound Productions presents A stunning and fiery new production by world-renowned artist Alessandra Belloni

All Jean (Carolyn Pool) wants to do is stop the ringing cell phone of the man sitting (quietly) next to her. Choosing to answer it may turn out to be the best thing that happens to her.

All Jean (Carolyn Pool) wants to do is stop the ringing cell phone of the man sitting (quietly) next to her. Choosing to answer it may turn out to be the best thing that happens to her.

Sarah Ruhl's dark comedy runs through March 28, 2010 in Trinity Rep's Dowling Theater

Sensual dancers will enact the ancient ecstatic rites of Dionysus when Theater for the New City presents Alessandra Belloni and her company, I Giullari di Piazza, in 'Tarantella: Spider Dance' January 15 to 17, 2010.

Sensual dancers will enact the ancient ecstatic rites of Dionysus when Theater for the New City presents Alessandra Belloni and her company, I Giullari di Piazza, in 'Tarantella: Spider Dance' January 15 to 17, 2010.

Lyric Stage Company production of Sarah Ruhl's Off-Broadway hit suffers the irony of real-time phone interruption