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Theater Review (NYC): The Hyperbolist at Fringe
Joe Mazza's melange of puppetry, silent film, and vaudeville effectively fuses avant-garde philosophizing with the pulling of heartstrings.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Maid of Orleans by Friedrich Schiller at Fringe
Fine operatic singing fails to rescue this bumpy production of Schiller's tale of Joan of Arc.
Read More »Let’s Stop “Passing” and Start Dying Again
Pass the hat. Pass the ammunition. But whatever you do, don't just "pass."
Read More »Iva Withers: Nonagenarian Link to Broadway’s Golden Age
Withers played more performances of some of the greatest musicals than their original stars did, but never got to open a new show on Broadway.
Read More »Book Review: The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry
In Chicago, during Prohibition, a crop of female killers became the biggest celebrities of the day.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Levasseur, The Problems, Lisa Brigantino
If we didn't know we needed a true soul music revival, now we do.
Read More »Procreation Is Not the Purpose of Marriage
We are not living in the stone age. Marriage in our civilization has long been an essential right afforded to all heterosexual couples.
Read More »I Don’t Like Burqas
If we can't see a face, we are naturally suspicious and afraid.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Three Irish Widows Versus the Rest of the World
This one-man, multi-character show devolves into a shouting match.
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