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Key West • St. Augustine • Savannah • San Diego • Boston • Washington DC CONTENTS departments 12 currently in boston 8 16 24 shopping 30 maps of cambridge & 36 62 boston 36 museums FEATURE 40 The New Face of sightseeing 8 Boston Sports Between the championship Patriots and Red Sox, not to 48 mention the resurgent Celtics, Beantown is the hottest sports restaurant guide town in the country. Panorama gives you the inside scoop. PLUS: A look at the new Boston-set sports film, Fever Pitch. P ANORAMA’S PICKS boston in focus CURRENT EVENTS: 12 MUSEUMS: 36 Speed, Style Menopause the Musical celebrates and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph its first anniversary 16 The Big Lauren Collection at the MFA 46 freedom trail Apple Circus 20 CraftsBoston at SIGHTSEEING: 40 Boston Follow the red-brick path the World Trade Center 22 Phantom Duck Tours DINING: through 16 historic sights of the Opera at the Opera House 48 Meritage 49 HIGH 5s: SHOPPING: 24 Howie Mack Eat Like the Irish 60 the north end A taste of Italy here in The Hub ON THE COVER: Menopause the Musical, starring (from left to right) Adrienne Cote, 62 boston confidential Mary Callanan, Kimberly Harris and • The story behind the Kathy St. George, celebrates its first infamous hacks of MIT anniversary at the Stuart Street Playhouse this month. 63 Refer to story, page 12. theatre district dining Refer to ad on page 7 for ticket Great eating before information and performance times. or after the show 4 PANORAMA MARCH 28–APRIL 10, 2005 5 Kick up Your Heels oin the Party! March 28–April 10, 2005 and J PANORAMA, Volume 54, Number 23 Jerome Rosenfeld Chairman Tim Montgomery President/Publisher Christopher Wallenberg Editor ™ Scott Roberto Art/Production Director The Hilarious Celebration of Women & the Change Christine Celli Associate Editor is celebrating its 1st Birthday Sharon Hudak Miller with a gift for you! Design/Production Associate Diana Aramburu Editorial Assistant Jacolyn Ann Firestone Vice President, Advertising Dennis Lloyd Sales and Marketing Consultant Rita A. Fucillo Director of Marketing and Public Relations Patrick Manchon Senior Account Executive Tyler Montgomery Account Executive Men Love It Too! Peter Ng Information Technology Manager George Ghareeb Technical Consultant Melissa J. O’Reilly Business Manager $7.50 OFF PER TICKET!* Marketa Hulpachova, Loreal Lynch Intern FOR SHOWS THRU APRIL 16, 2005 (REGULAR TICKET PRICE $42.50) PANORAMA is published bi-weekly by Jerome Press Publications Inc. 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City officials barely had time to clean up the confetti from the h, what a difference a year team’s record-setting victory parade before Sox fans makes. Already known to be a were planning trips to the team’s spring training facility in O sports-obsessed city, thanks in Fort Myers, Florida. And tickets for the 2005 season are sell- large part to the fanbase of its luck-less ing out before the first offical games have even been played baseball team, 2004 saw Boston grow to (only scattered seats and standing room tickets remain). be the veritable epicenter of professional Some things, of course, have changed. The team’s gener- sports. A hint of things to come could be al manager Theo Epstein, who may as well run for mayor felt as early as opening day at Fenway Park based on his current popularity, put the final touches on in April of last year. Red Sox fans, still weary his new roster, which saw the departure of several from seeing their supposedly cursed team team leaders and fan favorites. It’s true pitching come within five outs of a trip to the World dynamo Pedro Martinez has packed his bags for the Series before bowing to the New York Yankees, Mets and post-season hero Derek Lowe will start watched as the New England Patriots emerged the season with the Dodgers. In the new, from behind a gigantic American flag strung from “Epstein can do no wrong” version of Red Sox the Green Monster, 2004 Lombardi Trophy in tow. Nation, however, his aquisitions of veteran Perhaps it was the presence of pitcher Curt pitcher David Wells, former Cubs pitcher Matt Schilling on the roster—the first time the team had a Clement, and Gold Glove-winning shortstop legitimate second starter in recent memory—but Edgar Renteria (who coincidentally was respon- even as the Sox went on to lose the game to the sibly for the last out of the 2004 World Series) Toronto Blue Jays 10-5, a change in attitude was some- have elicited barely a murmer of criticism. how palpable throughout Red Sox Nation. This year would be the While Curt Schilling’s ankle continues to year things would change for Boston sports fans. And it was. Not mend from his infamous injury of last year, it’s only did the Sox finally claim their first World Series trophy since 1918, fair to say the pitching staff has its work cut the Patriots, once the laughingstock of the NFL, won their third Super Bowl out for them. But with the core of the team’s in four years in February, claiming what many refer to as dynasty status. powerful offense still in tact—from leadoff hit- And now as the NBA post-season approaches, the Boston Celtics— ter Johnny Damon to the one-two punch of dynasty of old—are showing glimmers of their past winning ways, hold- David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez—there’s little ing tight to first place in the Atlantic Division, rejuvenated by the return of reason to assume the Sox will not once again former co-captain Antoine Walker. While the Bruins were forced to contend for a playoff berth. watch from the sidelines when a labor dispute cancelled the National Hockey League season, the rest of Boston’s professional sports OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN—Newly crowned Red Sox captain Jason Varitek (left) and Celtics captain teams stepped up to the plate and proved the city is the current Paul Pierce (right) look to lead their teams to victory Steve Babineau/ courtesy of the Boston Red Sox Hub of the sports universe. this spring. Steve Lipofsky/basketballphoto.com 8 PANORAMA MARCH 28–APRIL 10, 2005 9 How to Score Sox Tickets ADMIT CELTICS SCHEDULE Even with the addition of new seats, Fenway is still the small- ONE But it wasn’t always Three key games are upcoming at the TD Banknorth on est ballpark in major league baseball. That means tickets are like this. In fact, for Garden, including two against Eastern Conference rivals. pricey and hard to come by—especially at the last minute, and particulary a time, the opposite Go to the box office or call 617-931-2000 for tickets. FILM for the already sold-out, home-opener series against the Yankees April 11, 13 & 14.