Infused with magical realism, 'Flawless' isn't the intense, gritty family drama that the subject of dementia might suggest.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘King Lear’ at the Secret Theatre
This Lear is an old man in a care facility, wearing hospital pajamas and being sung to by the staff on his birthday. Yet, neither radical nor half-hearted, this re-conception of Shakespeare's grandest tragedy results in a respectful and forceful staging.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Light of Hidden Flowers,’ A Novel by Jennifer Handford
Handford takes us into the psyche of a young woman who has grown up in a sheltered world and been in the background of her father’s life, unwilling to move from the protection.
Read More »Can Alzheimer’s, the Goliath Disease, be Defeated?
Deeper prayer, greater compassion, and expressions of gratitude, sincerity, and happiness are all part of that “low-cost lifestyle” researchers are on the hunt for.
Read More »Interview: Raymond Benson, Author of ‘The Black Stiletto’ Suspense Series
'Being the first American Bond author, there were a few British Bond fans who wanted to kill me. You can’t please everyone.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC-Off Broadway): ‘In My Father’s Words’ by Justin Young
Lou is called to the police station to pick up his father who was wandering and lost. It is the first time he's seen him in 15 years for they are estranged. Unable to get Don placed in a nursing home, he is forced to take what appears to be an unqualified caretaker to care for Don while Lou is working. Turns out he couldn't have chosen better for she knows Gaelic and recognizes when his father is saying long lost words he had forgotten.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Still Alice’ Starring Julianne Moore, 22nd Hamptons International Film Festival
Julianne Moore has won numerous awards for her exceptional and challenging performance as a linguistics professor who must face the brutal fact that she has Early Onset Alzheimer's.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘My Mother Has Four Noses’ by Jonatha Brooke
This richly rewarding one-woman musical by the singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke is one to savor and recall long after you've returned home.
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