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HomeFront: Godzilla in a ‘playground fight,’ Michelle Pfeiffer in Paris, plus Hemingway and Maxwell Marie Morris © Provided by The Boston Globe A scene from "Godzilla vs. Kong." Welcome back to HomeFront, where we’re waiting for our vaccine eligibility to kick in and boiling down our long-term plans to eight words: hug all the people, pet all the dogs. Meanwhile, our entertainment options continue to multiply like Easter bunnies. Read on for a slew of expert suggestions. FILM: Judging by the cast, this week’s major new release could be an Oscar-bait courtroom drama ...

After a brief but significant tenure as artistic director of Watertown's New Repertory Theatre, Michael J. Bobbitt will depart this month to become executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Bobbitt – who joined the nonprofit theater in August 2019 and led it not only in expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, but also in the development of its Strategic Anti-Racism, Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Accountability Action Plan, all while simultaneously dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic – will take over leadership of the MCC on Feb. 1. “I h...

New Repertory Theatre’s Michael J. Bobbitt chosen to lead Mass Cultural Council By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 11:51 a.m. Email to a Friend New Repertory Theatre artistic director Michael Bobbitt will assume his new role as executive director of the Mass Cultural Council on Feb. 1.Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe Michael J. Bobbitt, the first Black artistic director at Watertown’s New Repertory Theatre, where he established himself as a dynamic force brimming with ideas after his arrival less than 17 months ago, was named Friday as executive director of the Mass...