In a world of digital distraction, a show full of physical and aesthetic wonders reminds us that within each of us still lives an imaginative child anxious to be awed.
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Theater Review (NYC): Harlem Summer Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Shakespeare's most culturally outdated play gets a boisterous Caribbean-ized production at the Riverbank State Park amphitheater by the Hudson River.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Oliver!’ at Snug Harbor, Staten Island
A polished and energetic "regional theater" revival of Lionel Bart's musical treasure blossoms at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens.
Read More »Theater/Dance Review (NYC): ‘Alcestis Ascending: A Rock Myth’
A bilingual Cuban/American production presents the Greek myth through vibrant theater and artful, earthy dance.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Shakespeare on Theatre’ Edited by Nick de Somogyi
The first in a series exploring great playwrights' philosophies and attitudes towards theatre is an easy read that offers rewards for anyone who has studied or staged Shakespeare.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Orpheus Variations’
This fascinating live-action video piece takes theater just about as far as it can go from the pre-electricity era.
Read More »Music Review: Trampled Under Foot – ‘Badlands’
Three siblings equal one powerhouse rocking blues band.
Read More »Richard Matheson, One of 20th Century’s Great Imaginative Minds, Dies at 87
He crafted stories that presaged modern realities as well as any of the greatest 20th century writers of speculative prose fiction.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): “Geppetto” from Concrete Temple Theatre
This version of the man behind PInocchio is a professional puppeteer who's lost his better half.
Read More »Music Review: Townes Van Zandt – “High, Low and In Between” and “The Late Great Townes Van Zandt” [Remastered]
These two albums from the early '70s were among the artistic high points of the songwriter's broken, even tragic career.
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