This explosive and heartfelt play concerns a mother and her alienated 14-year-old son whose lives are shattered by the London riots of August 2011.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Arrivals & Departures’ by Alan Ayckbourn
A profound, tragicomic look at memory and how it impacts the present if unresolved conflicts are allowed to fester.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Killer’ by Eugene Ionesco
This daring and insightfully humorous production of Ionesco's "Theater of the Absurd" classic is directed by 'A Gentleman's Guide' Tony Award winner Darko Tresnjak.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia’
In 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia,' Nicholas Wrathall creates an entertaining, well thought out and succinctly edited documentary. Wrathall cobbles together snippets from video archives, and interview clips and masterfully reveals what made Vidal who he is and how he engendered the vital purpose of his writing and sardonic, pithy commentary: to awaken us from our amnesia.
Read More »Book Review: ‘New Orleans Carnival Krewes: The History, Spirit and Secrets of Mardi Gras’ by Rosary O’Neill
'New Orleans Carnival Krewes' by Rosary O'Neill reveals the traditions, the secret societies and the history of how New Orleans and Mardi Gras came to be as integral to each other as red beans and rice.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival: Innovation Week-Storyscapes, ‘Circa 1948’
'Circa 1948' was one offerings of the Storyscapes Program at Tribeca Film Festival. The amazing digitally immersive 3D interactive time travel to locations in Vancouver's past is an app that can be downloaded for free and enjoyed on iOS devices.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival: Short Film Program – ‘App’
'App' was one of five films in the short program entitled Handle With Care at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock’ by David Rudkin
An intriguing perspective on how the great film director's life infused his art enabling him to compose some of the most memorable films in the history of filmmaking.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Virunga’
'Virunga' in its World Premiere is the most powerful, beautiful and stirring of the documentaries to come out of Tribeca Film Festival.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Playing With Grownups’ by Hannah Patterson
Joanna and Robert have Stella and Jake over to see baby Lily and have dinner and wine. What unfolds is unexpected and forces the characters to look at themselves and their relationships with each other.
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