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Jon Sobel is Blogcritics' Culture and Theater Editor. In addition to reviewing NYC theater, he writes a semi-regular round-up of independent music releases. By day he is a computer professional and a freelance writer and editor, and at night he's a working musician: lead singer, songwriter, and bass player for Whisperado, a founding member of the Kings County Blues Band, and a sideman. His most recent venture is Oren Hope Marketing and Copywriting, through which you can hire him to write whatever marketing materials your heart desires.
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Theater Review (NYC): Mare Cognitum by David McGee
Despite a spiritual awakening and a trip to the Moon, not enough happens in this promising but frustrating play.
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Theater Review (NYC): Go-Go Killers!
This clumsy production boasts some good dancers and nifty costumes, but little else.
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Music Review: A Historical Exploration and Musical Performance of Six Franco-Flemish Déplorations
Renaissance court composers would write pieces lamenting the death of an older composer who had mentored or inspired them.
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Izzy & Chris, Like Bells, Angie Stevens, M Shanghai String Band
Izzy & Chris tap into the fundamentals of country blues and mine that vein for all it's worth.
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Theater Review (NYC): Pretty Theft by Adam Szymkowicz
With a twinkle, a laugh, a pirouette, and a shiver, Adam Szymkowicz shines a new light on the meaning of taking what isn't yours.
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Book Review: Wondrak and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig, Translated by Anthea Bell
Pushkin Press issues a set of psychologically intense anti-war stories by a now neglected early 20th century Austrian author.
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Theater Review (NYC): Rock of Ages
80's hair bands get the Broadway treatment in an evening of pure escapist fun.
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Theater Review (NYC): Macbeth
Patrick Stewart is a tough act to follow, but Julian Rozzell's animalistic Macbeth is no slouch.
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Theater Review (NYC): Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
It's a testament to both Shaw's brilliance, and to the slow, slow progress of societal change, that this play still feels pretty current.
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Book Review: The Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth's memories of midwifery in 1950's London will resonate with anyone who ever had a heart.
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