The Sweat Tour — Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s joint tour — made its way to TD Garden on Sept. 28 to an insatiable and electric crowd that could not get enough. As a long-time fan of both artists, I was thrilled to finally see them live. From the moment I walked into the arena, the fans’ excitement was palpable.
The crowd was torn between conflicting aesthetics — imagine a blend of “Alice in Wonderland” and Y2K futurism — creating a sense of having traveled back to the 2000s, ready to log into Myspace and receive a movie from Netflix in the mail.
During Cakeswagg’s first freestyle gigs aboard the Roxbury school bus, she never pictured herself pursuing rap music as a career. So, being billed at the Boston Calling Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend was a “bucket list” experience for the up-and-coming hip-hop artist.
Fans of all ages flocked to Boston Calling from May 24-26 as the four-stage festival overtook the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge and featured some of the most sought-after acts in pop music today. Here’s a look at who met, succeeded and failed to reach my expectations.
Boston University Stage Troupe electrified BU’s Student Theater with their performance of Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” this weekend, encompassing the original story. Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who cheats death by creating The Creature, who then lurks behind Frankenstein to understand why his creator made him.
French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Hell is other people. Hell is not, however, watching Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play “No Exit."
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• March 4, 2024
“Cendrillon,” a co-production between the School of Music's Opera Institute and the School of Theatre, transcends the traditional Cinderella story in a dreamy world of mystical love and loss.
Having performed in “The Nutcracker” countless times, I had never seen the show performed by a professional cast of dancers. But the Boston Ballet did not disappoint.
