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Theater Review (NYC): The Seeing Place Theater’s Searing Revival of ‘Wit’ by Margaret Edson
A new production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Wit' about a dying cancer patient is particularly poignant now.
Read More »Interview: Wray Armstrong and Evita Zhang of Armstrong Music & Arts on Bridging the China-West Cultural Divide
As it manages artists and tours the agency works to facilitate cross-cultural exchange of music, opera, dance and more while building careers.
Read More »Sunrise, Sunset, and the Burning Bush
The other day, we observed the winter solstice. The day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the calendar year—the longest, darkest night. I happen to live 100 feet above the Lake Michigan shore, and I am often treated to beautiful sunrises if I get up early enough–the beauty of …
Read More »Jewish and Truly Perplexed: A Cantorial Origin Story
So how did I get here? I mean wind up as a Jewish Cantor? A Hazzan and full member of the Jewish clergy. I wasn’t born to it. Nope. I was raised in the most secular of Skokie homes. Sunday School, not Hebrew school (parental units though that would be …
Read More »Opera-Theater-Dance Review: ‘Messy Messiah’ by Heartbeat Opera
A first-rate, meticulously crafted operatic holiday revue with glorious singing and dancing, just what we need in dark times.
Read More »“So Long, Santa!” What Happens To You When Your Kid Stops Believing?
I even went so far as putting on the hat and beard as I wrapped Christmas presents in the attic, and now that is all gone. I'm hanging up my hat and beard. Bah, Humbug!
Read More »Theater Interview: Kabir Gandhi from ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ at Cardinal Stage
"The show starts off with these two best friends who come out of hibernation, which is akin to what's going on with our world...It's nice to see them navigate the ins and outs of their crazy, critter lifestyles."
Read More »Theater Interview: Richard Doyle from ‘A Christmas Carol’ at South Coast Repertory
"I hope [audiences] go away with a lot of quotations besides 'bah, humbug!' and with little pearls of Dickens' wisdom about mankind."
Read More »Theatre Interview: Nathan Queeley-Dennis from ‘Pinocchio’ at the Orange Tree Theatre
"I quite like oranges. I've been reviewing oranges to figure out where in Richmond they sell the best ones."
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