Who'd have thought a comedy about who'll be admitted to a graduate theater program could be so entertaining?
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Music Review: ‘Goat Rodeo’ Cinecast
Yo-Yo Ma is a master facilitator, a crafter of people and music into projects that can deepen our understanding of almost any musical tradition.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Where’s My Money?’ by John Patrick Shanley
Elements of horror punctuate a clamorous comedy of characters desperately searching for a place where they might feel like they belong.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Great Unknowns, Arty Hill, Papa Juke
On The Great Unknowns' long-awaited second album, Becky Warren's soft alto retains its ability to soothe and wrench at the same time.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘BOB: Blessed Be the Dysfunction that Binds’
This powerful one-woman show about life with a mentally disturbed brother deserves a larger venue than the tiny 78th Street Theatre Lab.
Read More »Concert Review: Lola Astanova at Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1/19/2012
The flashy young virtuoso makes a deep impression in her vivid tribute to Vladimir Horowitz on his very own Steinway.
Read More »RIP Johnny Otis
The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues is dead at 90.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Miranda’
Drawing on rock, tango, movie-thriller music, Baroque opera, hip-hop, and more, the score of this "steampunk murder mystery" is consistently engaging and exciting.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Leo’
This delightful and original "Best of Edinburgh" anti-gravity show is well worth seeing, even if it overstays its welcome a bit.
Read More »Vice Capades: NYC to Gamble on Temperance
Less drinking, more gambling? There's no angle from which this makes sense.
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