Jared Bowen

Arts This Week: On Stage, Looking Back

Jared Bowen — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:16:27 +0000

Two new live performances in Boston give audiences and moment to look into the past, both to reminisce and to realize how far we have come.

Master Class, Presented by New Repertory Theatre, playing at the Arsenal Center for the Arts through April 21st

Arts This Week: Naked Beauty

Jared Bowen — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:14:47 +0000

Chroma, Presented by Boston Ballet, through May 12th at the Boston Opera House.

Boston Ballet presents two beautiful Balanchine classics, and a provocative Company premiere by The Royal Ballet’s Resident Choreographer, Wayne McGregor. The program features McGregor’s stunning Chroma, set on a pure white stage featuring ten dancers in flesh colored leotards, performing two of George Balanchine’s monumental works, Serenade and Symphony in C.

Greater Boston Video: Right of Way - The Infrastructure

Jared Bowen — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:08 +0000

Jared Bowen takes a look at how the city has rebuilt for bikes – and the challenges that remain.

Arts This Week: It's Nomination Time

Jared Bowen — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:23:33 +0000

All eyes are on NY theater this week with the Tuesday announcement of the Tony awards including, 10 for the A.R.T.’s Pippin and news that the Huntington Theatre Company will receive the prestigious Regional Theatre Tony Award. I spent the weekend in New York City catching these shows:

Matilda, presented by The Royal Shakespeare Company at the Shubert Theatre

Arts This Week: Getting Back to Normal

Jared Bowen — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:51:11 +0000

It's hard to believe that just over a week ago the city of Boston was rocked by the explosions at the Boston Marathon and thrown into utter turmoil. The Arts community respectfully closed many stages and also threw open the doors to many galleries, where mourners contemplated more beautiful images than what appeared on the news.

Now Boston has to learn to smile again and begin the healing that includes some laughter. Below are a few suggestions that might help.

Greater Boston Video: Pictures at an Exhibition

Jared Bowen — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:37:25 +0000

The great Russian composer Mussorgsky composed his enduring piece Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874—it depicts a tour through an art collection. Now Boston’s Copley Society of Art and the Boston Symphony Orchestra have turned that concept completely around. They asked artists to paint pictures based on the MUSIC. Hear many of them tell us what it is in the music that inspired them.

Greater Boston Video: Broadway Show Tax Credits

Jared Bowen — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:24:45 +0000

The list of shows that tried out here in Boston before going to Broadway is pretty dazzling. Oklahoma, Carousel and Annie Get Your Gun to name a few. It still happens, but not as often as it could, say theatre producers. A group of local theater leaders are asking Beacon Hill to help make Broadway big business in Boston.

Greater Boston Video: Higgins Armory Museum

Jared Bowen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:10:42 +0000

One of Worcester’s most beloved institutions recently announced it’s closing—news that came as a shock to many. But as Jared Bowen reports, there is a bittersweet end.

Three to See: Sleeping Beauty, Emergency & Banned in Boston

Jared Bowen — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:09:58 +0000

“The Sleeping Beauty”

Presented by Boston Ballet at the Boston Opera House through April 7.

The one peril in Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen’s vivacious stewardship of his company is how deftly he’s immersed audiences in the ever-exciting realm of contemporary dance. It could give us all reason to look past chestnuts like “The Sleeping Beauty.” Do not. Boston Ballet’s Beauty is a masterpiece — a sumptuous production that heaves with emotional heft, enchants with gorgeous sets and costumes and most importantly captivates with stunning dance. Interestingly, it’s likely that the push Nissinen has given the company toward technically challenging contemporary dance has made its principal dancers and soloists so masterful at classical ballet.

Weekend Arts Preview: 'A Raisin in the Sun' and the Higgins Armory

Jared Bowen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:15:25 +0000

Looking for a way to imbue your weekend with a little arts and culture? We might suggest the Huntington Theatre’s breathtaking production of a classic play, or perhaps a visit to a beloved local landmark that is soon to close its doors.

A Raisin in the Sun

Greater Boston Video: A Raisin in the Sun

Jared Bowen — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:55:29 +0000

Lorraine Hansbury’s 1959 play – A Raisin in the Sun – went directly to the heart of race relations in this country. It depicted the hate that rains down on an African American family when their dream home takes them to a white neighborhood. It’s a theme reconsidered over 50 years later in the recent Tony Award winning play Clybourne Park. Coincidentally, both shows are on Boston stages right now. Jared Bowen has this look.

http://video.wgbh.org/video/2352385552/

Higgins Armory Museum to Close, Transfer to Worcester Art Museum

Jared Bowen — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:01:00 +0000

The Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, a bastion of many a boyhood dream and fantasy, announced today that it will close on December 31^st. Founded by industrialist John Woodman Higgins in 1931, the Armory is a treasure trove of more than 2,000 pieces including “major examples of arms and armor from medieval and Renaissance Europe, Ancient Greece and Rome, Africa, the Middle East, India and Japan” according to the museum’s website.

Greater Boston Video: Anders Zorn at the Gardner

Jared Bowen — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:32:15 +0000

Jared Bowen takes us to the Anders Zorn exhibit now at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Greater Boston Video: Caught in the Act

Jared Bowen — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:21:43 +0000

This week on Caught in the Act, Jared talks about the Lyric Stage comedy "Stones In His Pockets," and the Gold Dust Orphan's raunchy romp "Mildred Fierce."

He also gives the movie "Jack the Giant Slayer" a surprise rave — it's a movie the whole family can enjoy — and briefs us on a big development for Framingham's Danforth Museum of Art.

Weekend Arts Preview: An Inspiring Orchestra and a Mythical Giant

Jared Bowen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:44:41 +0000

What’s the haps with the Boston arts scene this week? Jared Bowen has all the information you need, from introducing you to an orchestra with an inspiring story to scouting out a theater’s next season.

Greater Boston Video: Afghan Youth Orchestra

Jared Bowen — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:02:03 +0000

When the Taliban took hold of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s, it prohibited music entirely — instruments and music books were destroyed across the country. But when Taliban rule ended in 2001, so did the ban on music.

Ahmed Sarmast, the son of a famed Afghan composer, founded the Afghan National Institute of Music in 2010. The institute had almost no resources or instruments when it began, but that didn't stop Sarmast from using music to change the lives of his students.

Greater Boston Video: Oscar Preview

Jared Bowen — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:36:09 +0000

Greater Boston's Jared Bowen talks about Sunday's Academy Awards.

Greater Boston Video: Meet iRobot's Health Care Robot

Jared Bowen — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:16:11 +0000

Robots are taking an active role in medicine, and Bedford’s iRobot is rolling out a new health care robot.

Greater Boston Web Extra: iRobot Rolls into Health Care

Jared Bowen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:28:20 +0000

WGBH News' Jared Bowen dropped by iRobot headquarters in Bedford to check out their health care telepresence robot.

Weekend Arts Preview: Ireland and the Bard

Jared Bowen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:13:57 +0000

Looking for a way to add culture to your weekend? Jared Bowen shares his picks from the Boston arts scene this week — from a comedy with heart to an investigation of the Bard.

Greater Boston Video: Shakespeare's 'Last Will'

Jared Bowen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:33:15 +0000

The dean of American theater, Bob Brustein, completes his Shakespeare trilogy with "The Last Will" about Shakespeare's last days as he succumbs to a fatal illness.

Greater Boston Video: The Glass Menagerie at ART

Jared Bowen — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:42:05 +0000

The American Repertory Theater is on a revival roll. Fresh of its Broadway-bound musical Pippin, the theater has turned its attention to the Tennessee Williams classic “The Glass Menagerie.”

Weekend Arts Preview: A Family Drama and a Fabulous Farce

Jared Bowen — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:41:43 +0000

Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not step out to see "The Glass Menagerie" or "Mildred Fierce," Jared Bowen's two picks from the Boston theater scene this week?

Greater Boston Video: Caught in the Act

Jared Bowen — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:42:35 +0000

Jared Bowen gets caught in the act with two films. First up: Steven Soderbergh's gripping look at the pharmaceutical industry, "Side Effects." Then, take a walk on the funny side with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman in the wild romp, "Identity Thief."

Three to See: A Thief, Two Sisters, and a Patient

Jared Bowen — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:42:38 +0000

Looking for something to do this weekend? Jared Bowen shares his picks from the art scene this week, and there’s something for everyone from theater buffs to comedy mavens.

You For Me For You

Presented by Company One, playing at Boston Center for the Arts through Feb. 16.

Greater Boston Video: You For Me For You

Jared Bowen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:54:36 +0000

Jared Bowen discusses the play, You For Me For You, about two sisters fleeing their homeland in North Korea and embarking on a journey in America.

Caught in the Act: Comic Relief

Jared Bowen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:25:17 +0000

Jared Bowen shared two ways for you to get caught in act this weekend — with the lighthearted comedies "Sister Act" and "The Servant of Two Masters."

http://video.wgbh.org/video/2331188160/

Weekend Arts Preview: A Retrospective and a Slapstick Comedy

Jared Bowen — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:04:16 +0000

If you're looking to infuse your weekend with a little culture or a little comedy, Jared Bowen has you covered. Here are his picks from the Boston arts scene this week.

John Wilson: Eternal Presence

On exhibit until March 24 at the Danforth Museum of Art

Greater Boston Video: Artist John Wilson's 'Eternal Presence'

Jared Bowen — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:40:37 +0000

Nationally known artist John Wilson is receiving a career retrospective at the Danforth Museum in Framingham.

Video: Behind the Scenes of the Antiques Roadshow in Boston

Jared Bowen — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:00:00 +0000

WGBH News' Jared Bowen spent some time at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center talking to the people -- experts, sellers, and the host -- involved in the Boston episode of Antiques Roadshow, which airs tonight.

Host Mark Walberg Explains His Job to WGBH News' Jared Bowen

People Tell Jared Bowen What They've Brought