Jonathan Soroff

2 days ago | bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff

Guides This posh North Atlantic island just a hop, skip, and a two-hour plane ride from Boston. From one end to the other, this tiny island gives Oz a run for its money. Just 600 miles off the coast of North Carolina, the 21-mile-long, fishhook-shaped paradise has the super-saturated colors of the tropics without the hassle of traveling to the Caribbean.

1 week ago | bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff

Fashion for Every BodyJust because someone’s missing a limb doesn’t mean they’re missing a sense of style, which was the raison d’être behind clothing designer Joe Malaika’s runway show Excessive Fashion for Amputees, held at the Sheraton Boston. Highlighting designs that celebrate people with prosthetic limbs, the event supported the A Leg Forever Charitable Foundation and Malaika’s Amputee Self Help Network Uganda, and featured models who have lost limbs.

1 month ago | bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff

A welcome departure from the standard gala fare of vulcanized chicken, the Spaghetti Dinner for the Women’s Lunch Place was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza and featured a lively cocktail party with a massive silent auction in the Venetian Room, followed by a delicious, family-style Italian dinner in the Grand Ballroom.Front and center were such worthies as TV producer Stan Leven; polo-playing tech guru Dean Goodermote and his equally equestrian other half, Diane Arnold; cigar and golf...

2 months ago | bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff |Simone Migliori

Party Pics Our intrepid society columnist reports from Boston’s swankiest affairs, including the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Honors Gala and the Silk Road Gala. Even the most jaded of socialites couldn’t help but be wowed by the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Honors Gala, held at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

2 months ago | bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff

What made you want to become a playwright? I don’t think I woke up and said, “Yes, this is for me.” I had wanted to be a lawyer. I had the dreams of my parents so firmly set inside of me. Then I got to Wellesley College and decided, or learned about myself, that that was not who I was. I started trying different artistic forms. I sang opera. Then I took an acting class. I got out into the world in 2009, when every single economic tragedy had hit.