Arts

Even minor Albee is still Albee — a voice, now silenced, that will be much missed in American theater.

The sharp poignancy of Ibsen's classic comes through strongly in a flawed but sincere new production by the young company The Instigators. The tragic story of an unhappy young wife whose hopes of a glorious future of social ascendancy are being dashed before her eyes rings as true today as it did when Ibsen wrote it 125 years ago.

"We are at the stage that we are ready for Broadway. We have promotional videos and I am thinking that we might be on stage on Broadway for five or six months."

The director talks about Albee's enduring legacy as well as the rewards of staging one of the playwright's less frequently seen works.

'Age is something that we avoid talking about in our Western society. We either ridicule it or try to ignore it, or we box people in by calling them senior citizens. So I say let's bring it out into the open and shine a light on this aging process.'

Hundred Waters, Oh Wonder, and FKA Twigs headlined the closing day of Symbiosis Gathering at Woodward Reservoir Regional Park near Oakdale, California, on Sept. 25, 2016.

Moor Mother's 'Fetish Bones' is a tough, difficult recording by an incredibly gifted and honest artist.

Mae West wrote 'SEX' in the mid-1920s, just after the peak of first-wave feminism hit with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. First-wave feminism was about suffrage and other basic political inequalities. 'SEX' more directly challenges gender roles and expectations and illustrates the hypocrisy and tragic consequences of societal gender inequities. So, West was more in line with second-wave feminism – which didn’t happen until the 1960s!

The production boasts a highly talented cast and creative team and, equally important, a big collective heart that gives this smart, reverential take on the iconic show-business musical just the right tone.

There is only one Edith Piaf.