At the knock-down-drag-'em-out IRNE nominations meeting a week or two ago, the toughest category was probably "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress."
And why?
Because we just have too damn many great actresses in this town, that's why. And this weekend I get to see three of them, all of whom wound up on the IRNE ballot for their performances last year: Marianna Bassham and Anne Gottlieb square off in
Not Enough Air at the Nora, while Karen MacDonald (thank you, Diane Paulus!) opens in
boom at the New Rep.
Elsewhere on the "docket" (it's a busy weekend): last night was the Monteverdi Vespers at
Boston Baroque (lovely, if not yet polished to a high sheen); today is
Urbanity Dance in the afternoon, followed by Merrimack Rep's
Black Pearl Sings this evening. Tomorrow I'm off to the matinee of Nora Theatre's
Not Enough Air, then a concert of baroque cantatas from
Exsultemus featuring some of my favorite Boston singers (Teresa Wakim, Jason McStoots, Thea Lobo and Ulysses Thomas). Then Monday, it's Karen in New Rep's
boom.
And I may still try to squeeze in a showing of Part 1 of
Red Riding at the Kendall Square. Think I can do it?
