All stories by Geoff Edgers on BroadwayStars

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Jacob’s Pillow reawakens to a post-pandemic world, with tap dancing among the trees and tick checks by Geoff Edgers

The renowned dance festival in the Berkshires goes all outdoors to stage its first performances in 15 months.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18AM
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Ford Foundation to award an unprecedented $160 million to minority arts groups by Geoff Edgers

“It takes an ice pick to this huge glacier of structural white supremacy,” says the artistic director of Ballet Hispánico, one of the grant recipients.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48AM
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Forget about the art of the deal. How will Trump deal with the arts? by Geoff Edgers

Museums, donors and arts leaders patiently await a hint of the president-elect’s plans.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:02PM
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Return of the greatest, living monologist. Only this time, he’s not on stage. by Geoff Edgers

Eric Bogosian has recruited more than 50 of the best actors in America to film his greatest monologues — for free.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:21PM
Monday, June 13, 2016
Monday, May 25, 2015

To change, or not to change? by Geoff Edgers

Attendance is way up, but some say ART's artistic director Diane Paulus has gone too commercial

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:58PM
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Theater promoters, legislators want tax credit to lure Broadway-bound shows to Boston by Geoff Edgers

Eager to revive Boston’s status as a regular testing ground for big-name Broadway musicals, legislators are proposing a tax credit for producers who bring shows to the state before heading…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:32PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Gardner offers frst look at expansion by Geoff Edgers

The canaries are bathed, the flat-screen televisions wired up, and the leaves of the rubber plants washed.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

MFA expansion inspires a developer’s $5m gift by Geoff Edgers

Last year’s dedication of the new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts wasn’t just a moment to celebrate. The Nov. 12 ceremony attracted one of the biggest single …

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:17AM
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

MFA asks early birds to pay $200 to see ‘Clock’ by Geoff Edgers

Want to be among the first at the Museum of Fine Arts next month when it unveils the latest art world phenomenon?

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:30AM
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Fragile, don't touch by Geoff Edgers

CAIRO - In a smoky office a short drive from the Pyramids of Giza, Mohamed Saleh, once the director of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum and now the man in charge of the collections for a planne…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:30PM
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

MFA asks glass tower’s admirers to help buy it by Geoff Edgers

The MFA has launched a campaign to raise more than $1 million to buy the 42-foot-tall “Lime Green Icicle Tower,’’ a signature work by glass artist Dale Chihuly that’s…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:29AM
Friday, July 22, 2011

Gardner Museum to close as it prepares to open new wing by Geoff Edgers

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will close for nine weeks, starting Nov. 15, as the museum readies its new wing for a January opening.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AM
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Making ‘Herakles’ whole after all these years by Geoff Edgers

On its own, it seems unremarkable: the bottom half of an 1,800-year-old marble statue showing the legs and lower torso of a muscular figure.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:10PM
Monday, July 11, 2011

Cambridge artist wins restored Morgan Prize by Geoff Edgers

The Museum of Fine Arts has reinstated its award for local women artists and increased the cash amount that goes with it as preparations continue for the opening of the museum’s new wi…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:22PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Colonial closing, with duration unknown by Geoff Edgers

The Colonial Theatre, famous for its golden ceiling, ornate murals, and excellent sight lines, is set to go dark this weekend - and nobody knows for how long.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:41AM

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