Christopher Wallenberg

Boston, New York

Freelance Arts and Culture Journalist at Freelance

Arts and Culture Journalist at The Boston Globe

Arts & culture correspondent for @BostonGlobe. Additional bylines: @TVInsider @HollywoodReporter, @AmericanTheatre magazine, @NYTimes 🏳️‍🌈 #BlackLivesMatter

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Articles

Where the Characters Are Ahead of Season 6's Premiere

2 weeks ago | tvinsider.com | Christopher Wallenberg

This post contains discussions of sexual assault. Fans have waited a painfully long two-and-a-half years for the return of celebrated dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale, but now Season 6 — the final stretch of the decorated Hulu drama, to be followed by The Testaments — is almost here.
‘Her Portmanteau’ grapples with the pains of separation and connection in family - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

In Mfoniso Udofia’s “Her Portmanteau,” the mother and two daughters at the center of the story may share blood lines, but their fraught family reunion, after years of separation, threatens to slice open a vein of fury, frustration, pain, and bitter resentment that can’t be repaired.
“Parade” national tour heads to Emerson Colonial theatre in Boston

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

When Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown first started writing the musical “Parade” in the mid-1990s, he and his collaborators, writer Alfred Uhry and legendary director Harold Prince, thought of it as “a history piece,” an examination of a dark chapter from the nation’s past.
Your Definitive Oscars 2025 Predictions List

1 month ago | tvinsider.com | Christopher Wallenberg

With Hollywood consumed by the devastation of the California wildfires, it had been a mostly subdued awards season. But with controversies erupting over various Oscar nominees and high-drama and memorable speeches unfolding at other awards ceremonies, things have finally kicked into high gear as the industry gets ready to celebrate the best films and performances at the 97th annual Oscars on Sunday night. There’s genuine suspense in a number of the top races.
Broadway producer Eva Price on how she went from journalism to theater

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

NEW YORK — “Why don’t you just do it?” Eva Price recalled a friend telling her nearly 20 years ago when she floated an idea for a pie-in-the-sky dream job. Price, a Chelmsford native, was in her mid-20s and working in a high-stakes field as an assignment editor and journalist at ABC News. But living in New York City, Price was seeing lots of shows, had friends who worked in the theater, and sensed the tight-knit nature of the community.
‘The Grove,’ asks if you can be true to yourself and part of the collective - The Boston Globe

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

To finish writing her world premiere play “The Grove,” Mfoniso Udofia had to go back to the beginning and reconnect with her roots as a budding young playwright. Not only was “The Grove” the first play Udofia ever wrote, but she had a “hard time unlocking it” and set it aside for years because her protagonist’s struggles hit close to home, echoing her own emotional and psychological journey.
‘Forbidden Broadway’ is back with new Broadway targets to spoof - The Boston Globe

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

Performers in the Broadway spoof "Forbidden Broadway."Carole Rosegg Striding through the lavish lobby of the historic Emerson Colonial Theatre, “Forbidden Broadway” creator Gerard Alessandrini is giddily pointing out the spot where he first met Stephen Sondheim during the 1971 out-of-town tryout for the legendary composer and lyricist’s boundary-breaking musical “Follies.” As a teenager growing up in Needham at the time, Alessandrini was blown away by Sondheim’s lyrical richness and the...
‘Funny Girl,’ and its impossible lead role, head to Boston - The Boston Globe

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

In its six-decade quest to return to its New York roots, the classic musical “Funny Girl” got used to the world raining on its parade. After an array of false starts and high-profile planned productions that collapsed thanks to financing issues and other woes (including a 1996 tour with pop star Debbie Gibson that was aiming for New York), “Funny Girl” finally landed back on Broadway in 2022 for the first time in nearly 60 years.
Three puppeteers bring to life one small puppet to tell a Booker-winning tale - The Boston Globe

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Wallenberg

The protagonist’s expressive face is a blend of haunted and handsome, his eyes black and piercing. His hands are delicate, and his body skeletal and sinewy, but he moves with a powerful grace. When he radiates joy, faces overwhelming obstacles with resolute determination, or breaks down in grief and sadness, the audience is enthralled by the emotions that pour out of him.
Colman Domingo Previews His New Netflix Conspiracy Thriller

Nov 27, 2024 | tvinsider.com | Christopher Wallenberg

As a smooth-talking media and political pundit, Colman Domingo’s Muncie Daniels is used to commenting on politics and the news — not becoming the news — in The Madness. However, his fate will quickly change for the worse when we meet him in the new series.