Through the magic of theater, 'Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec' will bring you into an intimate space where the mind of a great but troubled artist can live on for a new generation.
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Concert-Dance-Drama Review (NYC): ‘Lucretia’ by Cantata Profana
Cantata Profana explores via collage the story of a rape that, according to legend, triggered the fall of the monarchy in ancient Rome.
Read More »Memorial Day – Honoring Those Who Never Came Home
It seems to happen every year when Memorial Day comes around again – people do not understand why we celebrate this holiday.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows’ by Gina Femia
In Gina Femia's new comedy, girls in a Catholic high school wrestle with the conflicting rights and wrongs of the Church, the permissive society outside, and their own developing minds.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ from Spicy Witch Productions
This new, radically pruned rendition of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' seizes on the theme of the ill treatment of women to create an audacious feminist reading.
Read More »Opera Review: ‘Murasaki’s Moon’ by Michi Wiancko
This one-act opera dramatizes the genesis and composition of 'The Tale of Genji.' With emotionally penetrating music and glorious singing, On Site Opera's production has as much to say about our modern world as about ancient Japan.
Read More »Something Has To Be Done About Textbooks
Digital textbooks or e-books are a necessary and compelling change that will benefit all students and their professors and teachers as well.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): A ‘La Susanna’ for the #MeToo Era at BAM
Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette have devised a superb staged production of the baroque oratorio 'La Susana,' retelling a biblical story of sexual harassment with love, humor, seductive grace, and wonderful music.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Caroline’s Kitchen’ by Torben Betts
A madcap story of family secrets and thwarted love trashes the household of a popular London cooking-show doyenne.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Entangled’ by Gabriel Jason Dean and Charly Evon Simpson
The Amoralists' latest play tackling mass murder is an artsy study of two isolated characters in search of an elusive peace of mind.
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