The life, times and music of the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky revealed in an innovative and exhilarating play.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Brendan at the Chelsea’ by Janet Behan
A scintillating play explores the time Brendan Behan spent in New York's Chelsea Hotel in 1963 shortly before his early death.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Old Settler’ by John Henry Redwood
A difficult period in the history of race relations in America is nevertheless given a nostalgic hue in this familiar but effective story of a May-September romance.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Awake’ by Ken Urban
"...to sleep perchance to dream...ah what dreams may come?" Ken Urban's play challenges us about the division between reality and the dream-state. Does it exist?
Read More »Dance Review (Singapore): ‘Masterpiece in Motion’ by Singapore Dance Theatre
An over-reliance on ballet made this year's production less dynamic than last year's more varied program.
Read More »On Brueghel’s ‘Crucifixion’
As the painting shows, even a formula repeated often enough can lead to something of value, if only by accident.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Night Blooming Jasmine’ by Israela Margalit
A well-told tale of Jews and Israeli Arabs proves Romeo and Juliet never really died.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘I Am A Moon’ by Zhu Yi
This innovative work poetically explores our desire to reveal our true identities and be appreciated for who we are.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Awake’ by Ken Urban
Three dream-and-reality dualities reflect our topsy-turvy, almost fantastical post-9/11 world of secret prisons and climate disasters.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Final Analysis’ by Otho Eskin
At the twilight of the Hapsburg Empire, budding luminaries Freud, Stalin, Gustav and Alma Mahler, Ludwig Wittgenstein and a foreboding Young Man discuss events of the day while the culture slides toward war.
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