Welsh villagers are pressured to leave their ancestral homes when the government suspects their mountain may collapse.
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Touch’ by Toni Press-Coffman
A fascinating tale of a great love crushed by a violent act, 'Touch' is part love story, part murder mystery, and a tender dissection of the human spirit subjected to horrors known and unknown.
Read More »Music Review: Ralph Samuelson – ‘The Universal Flute,’ Music for Shakuhachi
This fine new album may not be the most "authentic" place to start appreciating the marvelous sound of the traditional Japanese flute, but it's nonetheless a good one.
Read More »Music Review: Chatham County Line – ‘Autumn’
The bluegrass/America band's new album hits a sweet spot: laid-back sound and feel, but focused songwriting and powerful playing.
Read More »Music Review: The Fleshtones – ‘The Band Drinks for Free’
With two original members, and a stable lineup for over 25 years now, the Fleshtones, who began their journey in Queens in the 1970s, are drinking companions for the ages. Even if you can't smoke in bars anymore.
Read More »Music Review: Butch Walker – ‘Stay Gold’
There are hundreds if not thousands of guys across America trying to make music like Butch Walker's new solid-rock album. They nearly always end up sounding maudlin, cheap, derivative, or all three. Walker raises the freshest crop out of this heartland ground I've heard in ages.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘A History of Servitude’
The Department of Fools aims to relate the history of the world from the point of view of the servants in this stab at updated commedia dell'arte.
Read More »Music Review: John ‘Papa’ Gros – ‘River’s on Fire’
While many of these 11 songs roam well beyond the traditional sounds of New Orleans R&B, they're bathed in the spirit of that most musically magical of cities.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Iphigenia Among the Taurians’ Adapted from Euripides
The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Pillars of New York,’ a New Musical About 9-11 by Michael Antin
Too soon for a 9-11 musical? It might feel that way to those of us who lived through the horror of 9-11, which can still seem like yesterday. But 'Pillars of New York' makes it clear the real answer is no.
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