Carey Ott's new 20-song opus, almost an hour and quarter of genre-coasting pop-rock, feels like a concept album—except the concept is the human experience.
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Strolling Anew up Avenue Q
The raunchy-sweet puppet musical steps lively at its new Off Broadway home.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘John Gabriel Borkman’ by Henrik Ibsen, with Alan Rickman and Fiona Shaw
The Abbey's star-studded production shows this problematic late work of Ibsen's in as good a light as you're likely to see.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Pants on Fire’s Metamorphoses’ Conceived and Adapted by Peter Bramley, after Ovid
Infused with modern and ancient techniques, this vivid retelling of some of the most famous Greek/Roman myths proves those myths remain not only relevant but alive.
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With popular culture practically choking on vampires, does the original Dracula still have anything to say to us?
Read More »Another Blow to Vaccine-Autism Link
A study that reported a link between the MMR vaccine and autism is found to be fraudulent.
Read More »Scientists Report Finding Cause of Male Pattern Baldness
The bad news: scalp stem cells are malfunctioning. The good news: they're still there.
Read More »The Childfree Holiday Letter
Another highlight of the summer was when Gary's niece visited and we took her to see Wicked on Broadway. She's ten, or thirteen, or something.
Read More »Music Review: Béla Mavrák & The Stars of Buena Vista – ‘Un Sopio En El Aire’
This experiment in mixing musical cultures feels overly restrained.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Small Fire’ by Adam Bock at Playwrights Horizons
A tough, middle-aged construction contractor is losing her senses—literally.
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