Mick Rock visits the hometowns of an eclectic assortment of top-tier musicians from different eras in the new OvationTV series debuting this Sunday, August 2.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘the dreamer examines his pillow’ by John Patrick Shanley
In its first NYC revival since its 1986 debut, the play mingles passages of naturalistic dialogue with fanciful poetic flowerings to expose depths of passion and self-doubt. And for long swaths of the 90-minute one-act, the Attic Theater Company cast carries this difficult material off with a crazed, sparkling bravado.
Read More »‘On the Record with Mick Rock’: Legendary Music Photographer Talks Beatles and Bowie as OvationTV Show Debuts August 2
Mick Rock visits the hometowns of an eclectic assortment of top-tier musicians from different eras in the new OvationTV series debuting this Sunday, August 2.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Butcher Holler Here We Come’
Lit only by the actors' headlamps, this dark poetic drama about trapped coal miners grew on me – like a clammy mold.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Songs for the Fallen’ at the New York Musical Theatre Festival
Fizzy direction, brutally comic onstage energy, crafty songs and costumes, and overall technical sheen bring to pulse-pounding life this new musical version of Dumas's never-tired story of Marie Duplessis, the Lady of the Camellias.
Read More »Music Review: Vintage Trouble – ‘1 Hopeful Rd.’
Vintage Trouble plays blues-rock and old-school R&B yet also sounds fresh. About to go on the road with AC/DC, this four-piece is my musical find of the year so far.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘I Know What Boys Want’ Explores Sex Tape Culture
A ripped-from-the-headlines story about a high school sex tape gone viral sets up a compelling premise but doesn't live up to its potential.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Threesome’ by Yussef El Guindi
'Threesome' begins as pure bedroom comedy, then slowly sours into muted seriousness, finally exploding into a cutting climax as secrets of sexual politics and terrible events of the recent past are revealed.
Read More »Music Review: Dan Rodriguez – ‘Come On Home’
When the songwriting and his melodic and vocal talents click, they click securely, and sailing through the whole set is Rodriguez's fine voice, a pleasure to listen to whatever he's singing about.
Read More »Working With What I’ve Got: Amy Schumer on Playing the System
One way to address sexism in the entertainment industry is clearly to engage with the sexual politics of the prevailing culture, and right now no one does that better than Amy Schumer.
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