Benedict Sheehan's Vespers, a remarkable melding of liturgical tradition and contemporary music, receives its world premiere performances in New York City and Pennsylvania.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘L’Amour à Passy’ Spotlights Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutionary War Sojourn in France
'L'Amour à Passy' offers a memorable Madame Brillon but an unappealing Benjamin Franklin in this new two-hander.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Juilliard Faculty Recital, 4 November 2022
Four superb musicians performed music by Brahms, Fauré, and contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery at Juilliard.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs’ from Flux Theatre
Flux Theatre takes on the climate crisis with a dystopian theatrical vision drawing on Greek myth, glam rock, and time travel.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Brass Quartet The Westerlies Shipshape with Shape-Note Inspired Music
The two-trumpet, two-trombone ensemble's soulful, polished skill shone throughout their first post-pandemic concert program, inspired by shape-note singing.
Read More »Music Premiere: Luke LeBlanc – ‘Down Low’
'It's more about the simultaneous significance and insignificance of the couple of trips we get around the sun before we head off into the sunset.'
Read More »Music Review: Luke LeBlanc – ‘Fugue State’
The elemental simplicity of the chord changes and the weary, indomitable creak of LeBlanc's vocals support a classic sense of melody and a distinctive artistic sensibility.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Complicity’ Explores #MeToo in Hollywood
An absorbing, pungently played exploration of the stark truths and confounding complexities that spawned the Hollywood edition of the #MeToo movement.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Sophie Shao, Pianist John Blacklow – Music by Debussy, Herschel Garfein and Others (30 September 2022)
An exciting new piece by Brooklyn composer Herschel Garfein fit smoothly with Debussy and George Walker at Bargemusic.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ from Smith Street Stage
A new production of 'Measure for Measure' takes the measure of cruelty and love with innovative staging and an excellent cast.
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