Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,374 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

  • Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

    Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

    by W. David Marx

    “So how did the Japanese save American style? The Americans discarded style as it became unfashionable and moved on to new things. The Japanese collected, analysed and improved it, and sold it back.”

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

    by Arthur Miller / Directed by Toni Ruscio (Curtain Call Theatre)

    “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”

  • Spring Experience 2026

    Spring Experience 2026

    Choreography by Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, and Lia Cirio (Boston Ballet)

    Curtain call of William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman
  • The Comeback: The final season

    The Comeback: The final season

    Created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King

    “Cause when it comes down to other people’s opinions, don’t listen to Emmy of them!”

  • Seussical: The Musical

    Seussical: The Musical

    Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty / Music by Stephen Flaherty / Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens / Based on the stories of Dr. Seuss / Directed by Stefani Wood (Riverside Theatre Works)

    The concessions menu provided more questions than answers
  • The Devil Wears Prada 2

    The Devil Wears Prada 2

    Directed by David Frankel

    “And the models were encouraged to mill around like starving goats in the parking lot of a methadone clinic in New Jersey?”

  • The Adding Machine

    The Adding Machine

    by Elmer L. Rice with revisions by Thomas Bradshaw / Directed by Scott Elliott (The New Group, live stream)

    Jennifer Tilly is the most perfect actor of our era.

  • “Satisfy your mind by responding to your senses. We need to be actively conscious of them and not going about aimlessly in our daily lives.”

  • Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays

    Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays

    by Tom McCarthy

    “It’s very fluid, this space between philosophy and literature, and that’s something that resonates for me.”

  • Art in Bloom 2026

    Art in Bloom 2026

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA)

  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

    Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

    Book by Linda Woolverton / Music by Alan Menken / Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice / Directed and choreographed by Matt West (Broadway in Boston, Boston, MA)

    Curtain call at Beauty and the Beast

  • Tokyo: The Monocle Travel Guide

    Tokyo: The Monocle Travel Guide

    by Monocle

    “In the West, frozen water is simply used to chill and dilute a drink; in Japan it is an active participant.”

  • Curator Conversations

    Curator Conversations

    by Tim Clark

    “…the writer and critic David Levi Strauss has observed: ‘One could say that the split within curating – between the management and control of public works (law) and the cure of souls (faith) – was there from the beginning. Curators have always been a curious mixture of bureaucrat and priest.’”

  • Superbloom

    Superbloom

    by Jessie Ware

  • Derrick Adams: View Master

    Derrick Adams: View Master

    Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (Boston, MA)

    Derrick Adams, Hood Rats, 2000
  • When Playwrights Kill

    When Playwrights Kill

    by Matthew Lombardo / Directed by Noah Himmelstein (Huntington Theatre)

    Curtain call at When Playwrights Kill
  • It’s Dorothy!

    It’s Dorothy!

    Directed by Jeffrey McHale

    “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard.”

  • The Nasturtium Party 2026

    The Nasturtium Party 2026

    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Close-up of hanging nasturtiums in Fenway Court
  • The Mayhem Ball

    The Mayhem Ball

    Lady Gaga (TD Garden)

    Lady Gaga performs “How Bad Do U Want Me”
  • Cats: The Jellicle Ball

    Cats: The Jellicle Ball

    Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot / Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch (Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, NY)

    Curtain call at Cats: The Jellicle Ball