A madcap story of family secrets and thwarted love trashes the household of a popular London cooking-show doyenne.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Entangled’ by Gabriel Jason Dean and Charly Evon Simpson
The Amoralists' latest play tackling mass murder is an artsy study of two isolated characters in search of an elusive peace of mind.
Read More »Theater/Opera Review (NYC): Ivo van Hove’s Staging of ‘Diary of One Who Disappeared’ by Leoš Janáček
As operatic theater this staging of Janacek's song cycle by Ivo van Hove falls short. As an opportunity to hear great music performed with dedication and finesse by fine singers, I'll take it.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Charlie’s Waiting’ by Mêlisa Annis
Can we ever leave our pasts behind? 'Charlie's Waiting' by Mêlisa Annis poses this eternal question in the fresh context of modern love.
Read More »Music Review: Danny Elfman – “Violin Concerto ‘Eleven Eleven,’ Piano Quartet”
The first freestanding work for orchestra by film composer Danny Elfman has been recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with violinist Sandy Cameron.
Read More »Theater/Comedy Review: ‘The Day I Became Black: A Biracial Comedy in America’ by Bill Posley
Be prepared to laugh yourself silly as actor-comedian Bill Posley delivers a serious message about biracial identity.
Read More »Concert Review: Violist Samuel Rhodes at Juilliard (NYC, 19 March 2019)
Whoops and hollers from a student-heavy audience at Juilliard greeted the head of the school's viola department at his concert featuring music by Mozart, Hummel, and John Harbison.
Read More »Music Reviews: Beat Circus – ‘These Wicked Things’ and Michael McDermott – ‘Orphans’
Brightly inventive in the service of a dim mood, the songs on Beat Circus' 'These Wicked Things' smell of existential desperation. It's one of the cooler albums to cross my transom this year.
Read More »Music Review: The Suitcase Junket – ‘Mean Dog, Trampoline’
The noise and ache that stream through these songs recall the blues, and support literate and often poetic lyrics.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Paper Cut’ – Yael Rasooly’s One-Woman Show Shreds the Competition
In her solo show 'Paper Cut' Yael Rasooly lurches through a careening collage of movie tropes and references by means of paper cutouts and popups. It's an off-the-wall tour de force.
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